The 7-day report period beginning Oct. 20 saw the price of gold rise US$8.15 to close at US$427.50 per oz. in the afternoon of Oct. 26 in London. During the week, gold hit a near 16-year peak; on Oct. 26, however, it fell $1.65. The gold index ro…
Despite a tough weekend, U.S. equity markets were little-changed over the report period Oct. 20-26. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was off 9.14 points at 9,888.48 and the S&P 500 rose 7.86 points to 1,111.09.
A Kentucky coal company has been fined more than US$500,000 for violations stemming from a June 2003 explosion that killed a miner and injured two others.
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There’s still nothing like a fashionable commodity to bring out the explorers, and nickel’s ascendancy is probably the best thing that has happened to Canadian exploration since, well, the last big nickel discovery.
Organizers of this year’s “Mining for a Heart of Gold” benefit dinner hope to raise more than the $40,000 amassed in 2003. All funds raised by the event, slated for Nov. 10 in Toronto, will go to Peter’s Hospital at Chedoke in Hamilton, Ont., a 90…
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