Daily metal prices
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Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Producer and dealer prices
Antimony: Mid-mkt US$12,950.00/t
LME warehouse levels
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, Feb. 27, 2012 (change from Feb. 20 in brackets):
Spot prices
Tuesday, Feb 28, 2012 Precious MetalsPrice (US$/oz.)Change Gold$1774.75+37.75 Silver$35.60+1.95 Platinum$1710.00+43.00 Palladium$708.00+7.00 Base MetalsPrice (US$/tonne)Change Nickel$19922.00-239.00 Lead$2263.75+18.00 Copper$8596.25+61.50 Zinc$2119.00+22.00
Market news
Toronto Stock Exchange
Winds of change blow for Anooraq and Amplats at Bokoni
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El Nino Ventures posts new resource in New Brunswick
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Avino inches closer to production
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Here comes the sun for Rainy River
An updated resource estimate based on 394 new core holes from 170,000 metres of drilling in 2011 — bringing the total to 1,279 drill holes, or 578,000 metres — has lifted the spirits and shares of Rainy River Resources (RR-T, RR-V).
Rio Tinto finds Australia’s biggest pink diamond
Rio Tinto (RIO-N)has discovered the biggest pink diamond yet found in Australia.
Celeste looks to resurrect tin mining in Cornwall
A lot can change in a year. For Celeste Copper (C-V), a former copper-gold explorer struggling to advance optioned properties in Chile, it has meant new management, new deep-pocketed investors, a new jurisdiction and a new target: tin.
Online recruiting, social media and employment branding
Perhaps not surprisingly, the number of people seeking their next career move who look to the Internet grows exponentially every month. We go online for every type of consumable — why not work?