The following is the first of two exclusive excerpts from Fraudulent Fortune, a fictional work privately published in 2003. The author is a geologist and staff writer with The Northern Miner. The 233-page paperback version costs $10 plus shipping…
Beginning in January 2005, Laurentian University in Sudbury, Ont., will offer students a doctorate degree in natural resources, with three fields of specialization: mining engineering; process engineering; and robotics, automation and advanced tec…
The American Stock Exchange has started publishing the Amex Gold Miners Index under the ticker symbol gdm.
At last month’s International Monetary Fund meeting in Washington, Canada’s finance minister, Ralph Goodale, was one of the principal opponents of a plan floated by his British counterpart, Gordon Brown, to finance debt relief to poor countries th…
BHP Billiton Diamonds, a unit of
The period ended Oct. 19 saw the broad market acclerate its decline of the previous week, with the Dow Jones Industrial Index tumbling 179.56 points to 9,897.62 and the S&P 500 index slipping another 18.61 points to 1,103.23.
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, Oct. 19 (change from Oct. 12 in brackets):…
TSX Venture Exchange-listed companies were about even as the gold price climbed higher, owing to a weakening U.S. dollar. The S&P-TSX Venture Exchange index was down 25 points during the trading period of Oct. 13-19, compared with the previous wee…
Vancouver — Drill results indicate higher grades and a likely expansion of the silver-zinc resources at
BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne)…
Vancouver —
CANADIAN/U.S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate)…
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