Rio Algom Limited

The Toronto Stock Exchange 300 composite index climbed 78.97 points, or 1.1%, in the report period of Feb. 11-17, to end the week at 6960.46.Trading volumes were relatively healthy for most of the per…

Commissioning of the Bajo de la Alumbrera copper-gold mine in northwestern Argentina is on schedule and on budget, reports Rio Algom (ROM-T).The company and its partners expect commercial production t…

The Toronto Stock Exchange 300 composite index ended the report period of Jan. 28 to Feb. 3 at 6,773.45, a gain of 51.73 points, or 0.8%, over the week.After dropping to an all-time low (versus the U….

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ignites takeover talkNoranda (NOR-T) has agreed to sell its interest in Norcen Energy Resources Group to U.S.-based Union Pacific Resources Group for $1.8 billion in cash.Noranda owns 92.6 million sha…

Rio Algom (ROM-T) can earn a 60% interest in the Green Bay base metal poperty, held by Major General Resources (MGJ-V) in northwestern Newfoundland.To do so, Rio must spend $3 million on exploration a…

Led by the surprising performance of the golds, the Toronto Stock Exchange 300 composite index ended the report period of Jan. 14-20 at 6509.45, a recovery of 179.86, or 2.8%, over its level of Jan. 1…

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The Toronto Stock Exchange composite index fell back 326.67 points during the period Jan. 7-13, closing at 6,329.59. The decline, which included a whopping 220-point drop on Jan. 9, was blamed on furt…

During the report period of Dec. 24 to Jan. 6, the Toronto Stock Exchange’s TSE 300 composite index rose to 6656.26, a gain of 116.76 points, or 1.8%.Like most western currencies, the Canadian dollar …

the broad marketAs a wheezy Toronto Stock Exchange staggers to its 1997 finish line, the gold issues are showing signs of life, propelled by a modest recovery in the price of the yellow metal.That mut…