NORTH AMERICAN STOCK EXCHANGE INDICES (May 24, 2010)
52-week Date May 17 May 14 May 13 May 12 May 11 High Low S&P/TSX-Ven Comp 1554.67 1593.11 1609.91 1625.73 1612.58 1691.10 1027.29 TSX Composite…
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CANADIAN GOLD MUTUAL FUNDS (May 24, 2010)
Featured Fund: AGF Precious Metals (US$) as of 08/31/09 (in weighted order): Goldcorp, Kinross Gold, Iamgold, Central Fund of Canada, Agnico-Eagle Mines, Inmet Mining, Eldorado Gold, Randgold, Osisko …
DAILY METAL PRICES (May 24, 2010)
Date May 17 May 14 May 13 May 12 May 11 BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne) Al Alloy 1901/1925 1986/2015 1960/1990 1975/2010 1920/1950 A…
PRODUCER AND DEALER PRICES (May 24, 2010)
Antimony: Mid-mkt US$9,366.66/t.
LME WAREHOUSE LEVELS (May 24, 2010)
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, May 18, 2010 (change from May 11 in brackets):
SPOT PRICES (May 24, 2010)
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U.S. MARKETS -May 11-17
U.S. equity markets took a bit of a beating in the May 11-17 reporting period with the Dow Jones industrial average index losing 1.14% or 122.43 points to close at 10,625.83 points, and the S&P 50…
TSX VENTURE EXCHANGE -May 11-17
The May 11-17 period started off strong for the S&P/TSX Venture composite index, but two days of gains were easily erased by three days of losses that left the board down 57.91 points at 1,554.67….
TORONTO STOCK EXCHANGE -May 11-17
Growing concern that efforts to lower public sector deficits could impede global growth caused the world’s major stock markets to lose much of their mid-week gains during the May 11-17 trading period …
PEOPLE (May 24, 2010)
Alcoa — Meg McDonald resigned as Alcoa Foundation president; Paula Davis appointed Alcoa Foundation president.
Costa Rica’s new president extends moratorium on gold mining
Within hours of taking the helm of Costa Rica as president-elect on May 8, President Laura Chinchilla reportedly signed an extension of a moratorium on new gold mining projects that her predecessor, O…
Chinese miners venture to Jamaica for bauxite/alumina
Chinese companies have been buying mineral assets or joint-venturing with resource companies wherever they can find them. The financial crisis only accelerated the trend as distressed companies looked…