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Skillings Mining Review Vol 92 #9 203 September A Fresh Look at the PGM Marketpl
Skillings Mining Review Vol 92 #9 203 September A Fresh Look at the PGM Marketplace
Skillings is published monthly. Cover, Rare native platinum crystal specimen from the Ural Mountains of Russia displaying isometric crystal structure. Actual specimen is 7mm high. Photo by Jeff Scovil, Scovil Photography, Phoenix, AZ.
Contents
FEATURE ARTICLES
A Fresh Look at the PGM Marketplace, by Larry Fortner 7
Minnesota PGE Study, by Mark Jirsa 5
Advertisers 13
?IRON ORE
May US Iron Ore Consumption Down 4% From Year Ago 9
MBR's 2002 Iron Ore Shipments 9
CVRD Concludes Caemi Acquisition, Fertego/CVRD Merged 22
May 2003 USGS Iron Ore Statistics 24
Cliffs Moves to Improve Bottom Line 26
?PGMS
NAP Completes Underground Prefeasibility Study 8
?STEEL
US Steel's Gary Works Lays Off 77 Salaried Workers 16
Tata Steel To Double Iron Ore Exports 16
US Appeals WTO Panel Finding 18
US Raw Steel Production 19
US Steel/ISG Plan Asset Exchange 21
GOLD
Rangold Enters Bidding for Ashanti Goldfields Co. 15
COPPER
Montana Resources to Resume Copper Mining 10
Development of Las Cruces Copper Project Wins OK 17
CVRD's Sossego Copper Project to Start Up in 2004 18
Appalaches Resources Exploring Gaspe Peninsula 22
BHP Billiton Reviews Copper Operations 26
NICKEL
Inco Cutting Costs at Goro Nickel Project 17
Inco/China Form Nickel Foam Production JV 23
Supply Concerns Drive Nickel Prices Higher 23
DIAMONDS
Snap Lake Diamond Project Gets Environmental Nod 6
De Beers and S. African Government Combat Diamond Thievery 11
Ashton's Findings in Otish Mtns. Encouraging 12
Diavik's A-154 North Kimberlite Yields Estimated US$82 Per Carat 16
FINANCE
Barrick Earns $59 Million in Second Quarter 17
Inmet Reports C$5.3 Million Income in 2Q 20
Nucor's First Half Sales Up 32% Over 2002 21
OTHER
Power Outage Takes Toll on Mining, Milling 4
Teck Cominco Ltd. Develops New Zinc Extraction Technology 8
Twin Cities SME/GSM Fall Field Trip at Boon Island 10
Lake Superior ISEE Awards $5,000 in Scholarships 13
Caterpillar/Terex Agreement to Concentrate Strengths 15
?SHIPPING
US Flag Lakers Move Million Tons of Dry Bulk Cargo in May 11
Str. Kaye E. Barker, a photo essay by Patrick Lapinski 12
DEPARTMENTS
Coming Events 27
Metal/Ore Prices 14
Nuggets of News 14
Personal Mention 20
Trade Notes 27
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