Iamgold Boosts Stake In Sadiola Mine
Iamgold (IMG-T, IAG-N) has bought an additional 3% of the Sadiola gold mine in Mali from the World Bank’s International Finance Corp., bringing its total interest in the mine to 41% — or representing…
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Stans Energy Eyes REEs In Kyrgyzstan
A Toronto-based junior whose chairman, Rodney Irwin, is the former Canadian ambassador to Russia and currently Honorary Consul for the Kyrgyz Republic to Canada, has bought its fifth mineral property …
Goldcorp Squeezes Out Barrick, Joins New Gold At El Morro
Goldcorp (G-T, GG-N) and New Gold (NGD-T, NGD-X) have crushed Barrick Gold’s (ABX-T, ABX-N) plan to buy control of a major copper-gold project in northern Chile, leaving at least one analyst wondering…
Wanted: Aircraft Crash Survivors
Finding the next big mineral deposit often means taking the road less traveled but when there aren’t any roads or time is of the essence, small airplanes and helicopters are necessary to reach such re…
Hard Times For Axmin
Axmin (AXM-V, AXMIF-O) has had to survive a bevy of bad news over the last year, the most recent being that yet another suitor has withdrawn an offer for the company.
Spot Prices (January 18, 2010)
COURTESY OF SCOTIABANK
Technical Analysis Report: Copper (January 18, 2010)
In this week’s Technical Analysis Report, we’ll start by examining activity in the commodities future market to select a metal that looks most favourable, and then move on to equities that could captu…
BC’s Future As Global Mining Leader Needs Nurturing
Mineral Exploration Roundup 2010, the Association for Mineral Exploration B.C.’s 27th annual conference, focuses the spotlight on mineral exploration and mining in British Columbia. The province is a …
GC4C To Raise Funds For Kenyan Students
Vancouver — A charitable society formed by professional women primarily from Vancouver’s mining and exploration community is joining forces with a not-for-profit organization founded by a group of re…
LME Warehouse Levels (January 18, 2010)
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, January 12, 2010 (change from Jan. 5 in brackets):
Producer And Dealer Prices (January 18, 2010)
Antimony: Mid-mkt US$5750.00/t.
Daily Metal Prices (January 18, 2010)
Date Jan. 11 Jan. 8 Jan. 7 Jan. 6 Jan. 5 BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne) Al Alloy 2000/2030 1930/1970 2021/2060 2000/2025 1945/1985 …