Daily Metal Prices (February 16, 2009)
Date Feb. 9 Feb. 6 Feb. 5 Feb. 4 Feb. 3 BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne) Al Alloy 1085/1120 1099/1130 1071/1110 1060/1100 1045/1076 A…
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Exchange Rates (February 16, 2009)
CANADIAN/U. S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate) Date Feb. 9 Feb. 6 Feb. 5 Feb. 4 Feb. 3 US$ in C$ 1.2192 1.2389 1.2303 1.2266 1.2337 C$ in US$ 0.8202 0.8072 0.8128 0.8153 0.8106…
Record Year For US Mine Penalties
VANCOUVER — Fines for safety violations at American mines soared to an all-time high in 2008. Over the past three years, since former president George W. Bush signed a new mining code into law, the v…
Producer And Dealer Prices (February 16, 2009)
Antimony: Mid-mkt US$4,350 /t.
Spot Prices (February 16, 2009)
COURTESY OF SCOTIABANK
LME Warehouse Levels (February 16, 2009)
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, Feb. 10, 2009 (change from Feb. 3 in brackets):
Pace pays off with rapid resource for Oroco
Vancouver – It took only $1.25 million and five months of drilling for Oroco Resource (OCO-V) to define a promisi…
Assay lab ‘Oops’: Northern Freegold intercept now bonanza grade gold
Vancouver – Northern Freegold (NFR-V) CEO Bill Harris and president Susan Craig suspected the assay result of a dri…
Victoria Gold and StrataGold propose merger
Nevada-focused Victoria Gold (VIT-V) has made a friendly offer for StrataGold (SGV-V), which has an advanced gold p…
Centamin to bring back gold in land of the Pharaohs
After a long hiatus Egypt is on the cusp of getting a new major gold mine.
Ivernia resumes lead shipments
Having established a safe shipping method, Ivernia (IVW-T), which owns the Magellan lead mine in Australia, is resu…
Quadra Mining buys Centenario Copper
Vancouver – Patience has paid off for Quadra Mining (QUA-T). The Vancouver-based company has been quietly stockpi…