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News July 17, 2006

Canadian Stock Exchange Indices (July 17, 2006)

Date July 10 July 7 July 6 July 5 July 4 High Low
S&P/TSX-Ven Comp 2644.04 2668.16 2…

News July 17, 2006

Spot Prices Courtesy of Scotiabank Tuesday, July 11, 2006

Precious Metals Price (US$/oz.) Change
Gold $628.35 +7.45
Silver $11.29 +0.06
Platinum…

News July 17, 2006

LME info on the go

In need of the latest zinc price but regularly find yourself shooting a round of 18 on the links?…

PEABODY ENERGYPeabody is the world's largest coal company with 2004 sales of 227 million tons and revenue of US$3.6 billion. The company recently made a $1.5-billion cash bid for Australia's Excel Coal. Some of the money for deal was generated by the Rawhide coal mine (pictured), one of Peabody's three Powder River Basin mines in Wyoming, which serve nearly 80 power plants in 18 states.

News July 17, 2006

Peabody Excel-erates its coal business

St. Louis, Mo.-based coal producer Peabody Energy (BTU-N) has agreed to a cash deal to take over Australian coal producer Excel Coal (EXOAF-O, EXL-A) for about US$1.5 billion….

TNM ARCHIVESEquinox Minerals' chief exploration geologist Greg Winch stands with core from the Chimiwungo deposit in Zambia. Chimiwungo is one of two pits -- Malundwe being the other -- that make up the Lumwana copper project.

News July 17, 2006

Equinox revises Lumwana figures

While the market initially reacted harshly to news from Equinox Minerals (EQN-T, EQXMF-O) regarding rising capital costs at its Lumwana copper project in Zambia, with time, the market came to see the…

News July 17, 2006

Zaruma board survives coup

Gold and copper hopeful Zaruma Resources (ZMR-T, ZMRAF-O) is free to proceed with a financing deal that would see construction at its Luz del Cobre copper project in Mexico financed by Swiss-based met…

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