Primary Metals lands tungsten buyer
Vancouver — Osram Sylvania, the North American arm of German-based lighting manufacturer Osram Gmbh, will buy all the tungsten concentrate produced by
2005
LME Warehouse Levels (July 18, 2005)
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, July 11, 2005 (change from July 4 in brackets):…
Grande Cache nearly doubles No. 8
A winter’s worth of drilling has nearly doubled the recoverable coal reserves contained in
SW Resources drills Boka 1 zone
Vancouver — Drilling by
Infill drilling confirms continuity at Bisha
Vancouver — Results from a final round of infill drilling augur well for the continuity of mineralization at the Bisha volcanogenic massive sulphide (VMS) deposit in Eritrea….
Quadra sizes up Sierra Gorda
Vancouver — Development at
TSX resilient after London bombing
The Toronto Stock Exchange survived the July 7 bomb attacks in London to post a 275.93-point, or 2.8%, gain, ending the July 5-11 report period near a 5-year high at 10,217.72. The mining and metals i…
Placer Dome larger, stronger, more profitable
I write in regard to the lead editorial on Placer Dome (“Placer Doomed?” T.N.M., July 1-7/05). Seldom do I correspond with the print media, but this article and its headline are so inconsistent with P…
JV boosts Churchill congregation (July 18, 2005)
Drilling on the Churchill diamond project in Nunavut’s Rankin Inlet has identified seven new kimberlites for partners
Silver performed well in 2004
The silver price in 2004 staged a dramatic rally, rising a robust 36% to average US$6.66 per oz. that year, according to the recently published World Silver Survey 2005….
Lonmin takes out Southern Platinum (July 18, 2005)
London-based platinum producer
Eldorado poised to acquire Afcan
Vancouver — The proposed acquisition of