Producer and Dealer Prices (November 26, 2001)
Antimony: Mid-mkt US$1,225/t.Bismuth: Mid-mkt US$3.50/lb.Cadmium: Mid-mkt US$0.27/lb.Chromium: Mid-mkt ores US$65.00/t.Cobalt: Recent trades US$6.50-7.10/lb.Copper: Comex Dec. US$0.673/lb.Indium: Indi…
2001
Daily Metal Prices (November 26, 2001)
BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne)DateNov. 20Nov. 19Nov. 16Nov. 15Nov. 14Aluminium1352/1367.501375/1389.501370/1388…
PEOPLE (November 26, 2001)
Tyler Res. — James Devonshire appointed president.Ivanhoe — Edward Flood appointed deputy chairman; Hugo Dummett appointed executive vice-president of project development; Pierre Masse appointed chi…
Exchange Rates (November 26, 2001)
CANADIAN/U.S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate)DateNov. 20Nov. 19Nov. 16Nov. 15Nov. 14US$ in C$1.59331.58451.58751.5…
Canadian Stock Exchange Indices (November 26, 2001)
DateNov. 20Nov. 19Nov. 16Nov. 15Nov. 14HighLowTSE 3007381.217422.757315.307262.917349.45…
Junior companies target tantalum prospects
Vancouver — The lacklustre performance of most traditional metals has induced several junior companies to begin exploring for tantalum in earnest.Global demand for tantalum has accelerated dramatical…
Grab samples augur well for Freewest in New Brunswick
Sackville, N.B. — Freewest Resources Canada (FWR-V) has discovered gold-bearing boulders and frost-heaved sub-crop within a prominent, multi-element glacial till anomaly at the Clarence Stream proper…
Placer cuts Madsen updip
Drilling by Placer Dome (PDG-T) at Claude Resources (CRJ-T) has intersected four zones of gold mineralization at the historic Madsen mine in Ontario’s Red Lake camp.The effort was aimed at testing for…
Northern Miner Indices (November 26, 2001)
NORTH AMERICAN MINING INDEXCompanyTickerWeight (%)Barrick GoldABX-T18.7FalconbridgeFL-T5.9Franco-Nevada MiningFN-T6.5Freeport McMoRan Cop’r BFCX-N5.3Homestake MiningHM-N6.4IncoN-T9.4Newm…
Campbell renews exploration efforts at Joe Mann
Campbell Resources (CCH-T) is hoping that a new round of exploration and development work, now under way at its Joe Mann gold mine near Chibougamau, Que., will lead to a longer life once commercial op…
Pacific NW Capital explores River Valley
With another $2.3 million in the till, Pacific North West Capital (PFN-T) is resuming exploration drilling at its River Valley platinum-palladium project, near Sudbury, Ont.To date, 138 holes at the D…
Esquel looking good for Brancote
The Esquel gold project in southern Argentina has enough reserves to sustain a proposed 5,000-tonne-per-day open-pit mine for 6.5 years, and London-based Brancote Holdings believes it can find additio…