NORTH AMERICAN STOCK EXCHANGE INDICES (May 05, 2008)
52-week Date April 28 April 25 April 24 April 23 April 22 High Low S&P/TSX-Ven Comp 2483.17 2489.20 2479.10 2516.92 2557.48 3372.00 2340.21 TSX Composite 14085.85 14103.87 1396…
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DAILY METAL PRICES (May 05, 2008)
Date April 28 April 25 April 24 April 23 April 22 BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne) Al Alloy 2715/2750 2710/2730 2785/2808 2805/2830 2…
PRODUCER AND DEALER PRICES (May 05, 2008)
Antimony: Mid-mkt US$5,950/t.
SPOT PRICES (May 05, 2008)
COURTESY OF SCOTIABANK
LME WAREHOUSE LEVELS (May 05, 2008)
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, April 29, 2008 (change from April 22 in brackets):
TSX VENTURE EXCHANGE (May 05, 2008)
VANCOUVER — The S&P-TSX Venture Composite Index lost ground over the April 22-28 trading session, closing down 76.65 points at 2483.17. Daily trading volumes were up slightly from the third week …
TORONTO STOCK EXCHANGE (May 05, 2008)
The TSX Composite Index finished the Apr. 22-28 period down 235.31 points at 14,085.85, with the key culprit being seen as investors taking profits from the recent big gains in stocks within the agric…
U. S. MARKETS (May 05, 2008)
Stock markets in the U. S. were up during the April 22 -April 28 trading session, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average climbing 47 points, or 0.4%, to 12872; the Standard & Poor’s 500 index risin…
Moly Mines awards construction contract to WorleyParsons
Moly Mines (MOL-T) has awarded the contract for the construction of its Spinifex Ridge molybdenum project to WorleyParsons.
Xstrata gets Siemens technology in South America
Australia-headquartered Xstrata Copper, a commodity business unit of Xstrata (XTA-L) has commissioned electrical manufacturer and supplier, Siemens to supply electrical equipment for an undisclosed co…
Nautilus gets developer for Solwara 1
Seafloor exploration-focused Nautilus Minerals( NUS-T)has awarded a contract to Technip USA Inc. to develop its deep sea Solwara 1 project, situated in the territorial waters of Papua New Guinea in th…
Junior miners: get ’em while they’re hot
Despite a broadly declining market, the week ended April 26, the 17th trading week of 2008, proved to be a mergers-and-acquisitions extravaganza in the junior mining sector.