Producer and Dealer Prices (January 22, 2007)
Antimony : Mid-mkt US$5,375/t.
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Spot Prices Courtesy of Scotiabank Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2006
Precious Metals Price (US$/oz.) Change Gold $625.60 +13.60 Silver $12.84 +0.48 Platinum $1140.00 +16.00 Palladium $331.00 -3.00 Base Metals Price (US$/lb.) Change Nickel $16.03 +1.11…
People (January 22, 2007)
Alcan — Michel Jacques appointed president and CEO of subsidiary Alcan Primary Metal Group; Christel Bories appointed president and CEO of subsidiary Alcan Engineered Products; Ilene Gordon appointed…
Editorial: Is that it for copper? (January 22, 2007)
Copper mining executives and investors who thought they might settle gently back into work after the holidays got a nasty jolt in the first half of January, as spot copper prices dropped US45, or 15….
Aberdeen finds royalty niche in high-risk countries (January 22, 2007)
While Aberdeen International (AAB-V, AABVF-O) has scored only one gold royalty project since changing directions more than a year ago, the company’s president still believes there’s a niche to be fill…
LME Warehouse Levels (January 22, 2007)
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, Jan. 15, 2006 (change from Jan. 8 in brackets):
TSX Venture Exchange January 9 – 15
After ringing in the new year with a major dip, the S&P-TSX Venture Composite Index took back some ground on the back of gold’s recovery, gaining a couple of per cent to close the Jan. 9-15 sessio…
U.S. Markets January 9 – 12
Resource equities on the United States markets bounced back a bit in the holiday-shortened reporting period Jan. 9-12 after a devastating first week of 2007. While the broader market moved cautiously …
Daily Metal Prices (January 22, 2007)
BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne)
CVRD, Baosteel set iron prices
Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (RIO-N), the world’s largest iron ore producer, has wrapped up the 2007 iron ore price negotiations with China’s Baosteel Group, the country’s largest steelmaker.
African Metals options copper belt claims
Vancouver — African Metals (AFR-V, AFMCF-O) has inked an option deal on a large land position in the Katanga copper belt of southeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
Inco slows production in Indonesia
Dry weather has forced Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (RIO-N) subsidiary CVRD Inco to cut weekly nickel output by about 130 tonnes at its Indonesia unit because the reservoir levels at its hydroelectric p…