IMF gets bearish on metals
The International Monetary Fund made headlines in the world’s financial press earlier this month with a remarkably bearish take on the future of metals prices….
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LionOre taking its share (September 18, 2006)
With the price of nickel surging in recent weeks and traditional titans Inco (N-T, N-N), and Falconbridge (FAL-T, FAL-N) fading away, LionOre Mining International (LIM-T, LMGGF-O, LOR-L) is establishi…
Gold Fields bids for WA, expanding Driefontein, Kloof
Coincident with its deal to acquire Barrick Gold’s (ABX-T, ABX-N) half stake in the South Deep gold mine in South Africa, which is co-owned by Western Areas (WARJF-O, WAR-J), Gold Fields (gfi-n) is bo…
Wesdome reopens Kiena
Val d’Or, Que. — The celebrations marking the official reopening of the Kiena underground gold mine on Aug. 18 were particularly sweet for Wesdome Gold Mines (WDO-T, WDOFF-O), coming as they did afte…
Imperial Metals bids for bcMetals
Vancouver — A proposed takeover bid for bcMetals (C-V, BMTLF-O) could catapult Imperial Metals (III-T, IPMLF-O) into a much larger gold and copper producer, assuming the company completes the acquisi…
Gold Fields to buy Barrick’s Deep stake
Barrick Gold (ABX-T, ABX-N) is selling its half interest in the South Deep gold mine in South Africa to Gold Fields (GFI-N) for nearly US$1.53 billion….
Blue Pearl aims for moly’s top drawer
Vancouver — A US$575-million takeover of a privately held molybdenum producer is expected to transform Blue Pearl Mining (BLE-T, BLEFF-O) from a single-project development company into the world’s la…
Exchange Rates (September 18, 2006)
CANADIAN/U.S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate)…
Lending Rates (September 18, 2006)
| as of 4 pm ET, Sept. 11, 2006 | (%) |
| Bank of Canada | 4.50 |
| Target overnight rate | 4.25 |
| Canadian Prime | 6.00
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