DAILY METAL PRICES (August 18, 2008)
Date Aug. 11 Aug. 8 Aug. 7 Aug. 6 Aug. 5 BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne) Al Alloy 2495/2530 2471/2520 2475/2535 2480/2530 2500/2520 …
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TSX VENTURE SHORT POSITIONS (August 18, 2008)
Short positions outstanding at July 31/08 (with changes from July 15/08).
NORTH AMERICAN STOCK EXCHANGE INDICES (August 18, 2008)
52-week Date Aug. 11 Aug. 8 Aug. 7 Aug. 6 Aug. 5 High Low S&P/TSX-Ven Comp 2015.35 2091.47 2130.19 2148.46 2142.44 3192.55 2013.80 TSX Composite 13203.19 13341.74 13385.17 13…
U. S. MARKETS AUG. 5-11
Major U. S. indices were up during the Aug. 5-11 trading session, on the back of a continuing drop in the oil price. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 167 points, or 1.4%, to 11,782; the S&P …
Miners sidestep Olympic hurdles
Inadequate coal supplies for Chinese power plants means industrial customers are facing power rationing in order to ensure enough electricity for the Olympic Games.
PRODUCER AND DEALER PRICES (August 18, 2008)
Antimony: Mid-mkt US$6,300.00/t.
SPOT PRICES (August 18, 2008)
COURTESY OF SCOTIABANK
LME WAREHOUSE LEVELS (August 18, 2008)
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, August 12, 2008 (change from August 5 in brackets):
TSX VENTURE EXCHANGE AUG. 5-11
The S&P-TSX Venture Composite Index continued its slide over the Aug. 5-11 trading session. Red closes far overshadowed a single six-point gain, leaving the board to close down 222.76 points at 2,…
TORONTO STOCK EXCHANGE AUG. 5-11
Mining stocks dragged the TSX Composite Index down 2.2% or 293.34 points to 12,203.19 over the Aug. 5-11 trading period. As commodity prices continued to weaken, the losses in the resource-dominant be…
Xstrata captures top prize at mine rescue competition
Xstrata Nickel’s Fraser/Thayer Lindsley mine rescue team may not have superhuman powers but their quick thinking and teamwork helped them snap up the coveted gold helmets at Ontario’s 58th annual mine…
PEOPLE (August 18, 2008)
African Aura Resources — Ajay Gupta appointed CFO; Maz Mannan has resigned as CFO.