2004

The price performance of most of the base metals has been impressive so far this year, at least from a producer’s perspective. All metals made new highs for this cycle despite the rebound in the U.S. dollar. However, the recent correction that mos…

The U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is increasing mining claim fees, which by law must be adjusted for inflation based on the U.S. Consumer Price Index.

A tentative labour agreement has been reached, ending three months of collective bargaining by representatives of Stillwater Mining and the Local 8-0001, a unit of the Paper, Allied Industrial, Chemical and Energy Workers (PACE) International unio…

John Patrick O’Keefe…

Healthy metal prices lured 19 mining companies to list on the Toronto Stock Exchange in the first half of 2004, adding $2.3 billion (US$1.7 billion) to a bourse already rich in resource companies.