Toronto Stock Exchange (January 31, 2011)
The TSX composite index fell 169 points to finish the Jan 17-21 period at 13,258.57 as the Bank of Canada held the overnight rate steady at 1%.
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Wood Mackenzie estimates damage of Australian floods (January 31, 2011)
In an analysis of the disruption of coal exports from Queensland, research and consulting firm Wood Mackenzie estimates that more than half of Australia’s coal exports are likely to be affected and the impact will be felt strongly in the global…
Vista doubles gold reserves at Mt. Todd
In barely five months Vista Gold (VGZ-T, VGZ-N) has doubled the gold count at its Australian Mt. Todd project with an updated prefeasibility study.
Playfair Mining is high risk, potentially high reward
It’s usually a pretty good sign when a rival for land you stake runs out and buys stock in your company.
Brigus updates Black Fox (January 31, 2011)
The changes continue over at the Black Fox mine in the Timmins gold district.
Minister Dawes: mining ‘crucial’ to BC’s success
The following speech was delivered by Randy Dawes, British Columbia’s Minister of State for Mining, at the opening of AME BC Roundup 2011 conference in Vancouver.
Silver steps up as gold wanes
There has been a remarkable new development in precious metals in the new year, with silver sales in January outpacing gold sales in absolute dollar terms in several markets such as U.S. Silver Eagle coin purchases.
Chinese firm shows interest in Nemaska
The Chinese are signaling their faith in Nemaska Exploration’s (NMX-T) hard-rock, Whabouchi lithium deposit in Quebec.
Three mining legends honoured
The 23rd anniversary of the Canadian Mining Hall of Fame at Toronto’s Fairmont Royal York Hotel in mid-January, fittingly kicked off with a tribute to the spectacular rescue late last year of 33 miners trapped deep in a copper-gold mine in…
Is there smoke at Pickle Crow?
Kevin Keough likes to say that the “universe is unfolding as it should” at PC Gold’s (PKL-T) Pickle Crow gold property in northwestern Ontario.
What to expect from CAR election
After much delay the citizens of the Central African Republic (CAR) have placed their votes for the next president of the much-maligned country. But the implications for miners in the region are still unclear.
Prophecy opens mine, doors in Mongolia
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