Freewest Not Yet In The Bag For Cliffs
I have been following your coverage of the takeover struggle between Cliffs Natural Resources and Noront Resources for Freewest Resources Canada. As we all know, Noront seems to have been eliminated a…
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Goldrush Cuts Ties With High River
Goldrush Resources (GOD-V) is calling it a day with High River Gold Mines (HRG-T).
Iberian Weathers Tough Quarter
An onerous hedge book was mainly to blame for Iberian Minerals’ (IZN-V) wide swing from profitability to loss in the third quarter, but it wasn’t the only alarming news.
People (December 28, 2009)
Anatolia Minerals Development — Howard Stevenson appointed VP and COO.
Endeavour Silver To Acquire More Ground In Mexico
With record prices for gold continuing to lift those of other precious metals, silver has hit a 16-month peak of US$18.83 per oz. and it seems like companies such as Endeavour Silver (EDR-T, EXK-X) ar…
Spot Prices (December 28, 2009)
COURTESY OF SCOTIABANK
LME Warehouse Levels (December 28, 2009)
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, December 15, 2009 (change from Dec. 7 in brackets):
Thick, Copper-Rich Intercepts For Sunridge At Debarwa
Sunridge Gold’s (SGC-V) latest results from Eritrea show the company to be off to a stellar start on its 2009 drill campaign.
Producer And Dealer Prices (December 28, 2009)
Antimony: Mid-mkt US$6,050/t.
Editorial: Osisko trio our Mining Persons Of The Year for 2009
The Northern Miner’s Mining Persons of the Year for 2009 are Osisko Mining’s president and CEO Sean Roosen, vice-president of corporate development John Burzynski, and executive vice-president and chi…
A Few Literary Picks For The Holidays
In our second instalment of Reader’s Corner, 11 chief executives have kindly agreed to share with us their two favourite books of the last decade (and in some cases of all time) and titles they have r…
Daily Metal Prices (December 28, 2009)
Date Dec. 21 Dec. 18 Dec. 17 Dec. 16 Dec. 15 BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne) Al Alloy n/a n/a 1937/1980 1936/1990 1925/1965 Aluminum…