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U.S. factory output contracted in May for the second time in three months and consumer prices fell 0.3%, but news late in the week that major central banks were prepared to take collective action to provide liquidity and prevent a credit…
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Metals, mining and money markets
SPOT PRICESCourtesy of ScotiaBankFriday, June 12, 2012 Precious MetalsPrice…
Short position reports
TSX Short Positions Short positions outstanding at June 15/12 (with changes from May…
Mid-tier producers grapple with Peru’s growing pains
Peru is experiencing a mining boom of global proportions thanks to years of heavy investment and increasing production. The country is the world’s number-two copper producer, number-two silver producer, number-six gold producer,…
Mining boom drives growing energy need
The Andean nations of Chile and Peru are the top copper-producing locales in the world. Chile holds the number-one spot with annual production clocking in at 4.9 million tonnes, while Peru sits in second place with output totalling 1.2 million…
Atacama drills deep into Chile
Carl Hansen is a big fan of the Maricunga mineral belt in Chile’s Atacama region, high in the Andes.The president and CEO of Atacama Pacific (ATM-V) is advancing the company’s wholly owned Cerro Maricunga gold project, which is just…
Candente makes headway in Peru
On the last day of May, Peru’s Ministry of Energy and Mines granted Candente Copper (DNT-T) the permit it needs to complete drilling for its feasibility study on the Canariaco Norte project, a porphyry copper deposit about 700 km…
Letter to the Editor: Management quality not what it used to be
The commentary by Jay Collins you published (“Cost overruns on capital development — a growing concern,” T.N.M., June 11–17/12) strikes me as both timely and appropriate.Our industry has gone through many changes in the…
Exchange rates
EXCHANGE RATES CANADIAN/U.S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate) Date June 18 June 15 June 14 June 13 June 12 US$ in C 1.0266 1.0244 1.0247 1.0270 1.0268 …
Lumina finds new zones at Taca Taca
New copper mineralization zones at the Taca Taca project failed to lift the share price of Lumina Copper (LCC-V) due to anti-Argentina sentiment in the wake of President Cristina Fernandez’s decision last month to nationalize…
Colombian drilling lifts Continental Gold
Strong drill results from nine diamond drill holes at the Buritica gold project in Colombia sent shares of Continental Gold (CNL-T) up 28¢, or 3.9%, to $7.38 apiece on June 4.Highlights from the holes drilled into the Yaragua system…
People
Animas Resources — Gregory McKelvey resigned as a director; Donald Ranta will not stand for re-election as a director; John R. Wilson and David Beling nominated for election as directors.Argex Mining — Normand Bergeron appointed a…