BC’s NW Power Line A Go
Easily the biggest development in the Canadian mining scene during the week was news of federal money being shovelled into electrifying British Columbia’s remote northwest.
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A Few Ideas For Those Long Trips On The Road
To lighten things up a little in what has been one of the toughest years in our business, The Northern Miner decided to canvass the captains in our industry about the books they like to read when they…
Indonesia Sends Troops To Safeguard Freeport Operations
The murder of an Australian employee, a local security guard and a policeman in July and a spate of shootings since then at Freeport- McMoRan Copper & Gold’s (FCX-N) Grasberg mine in Indonesia’s P…
Spot Prices (September 28, 2009)
COURTESY OF SCOTIABANK
Producer And Dealer Prices (September 28, 2009)
Antimony: Mid-mkt US$5,650/t.
Daily Metal Prices (September 28, 2009)
Date Sept. 21 Sept. 18 Sept. 17 Sept. 16 Sept. 15 BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne) Al Alloy 1680/1705 1740/1770 1680/1710 1660/1690 1…
North American Stock Exchange Indices (September 28, 2009)
52-week Date Sept. 21 Sept. 18 Sept. 17 Sept. 16 Sept. 15 High Low S&P/TSX-Ven Comp 1265.00 1281.80 1272.70 1284.54 1269.35 1578.66 678.62 TSX Composite 11424.61 11445.95 11528.23 11555.60 11495.83…
TSX Venture Short Positions (September 28, 2009)
Short positions outstanding at Aug. 31/09 (with changes from Aug. 15/09).
TSX Short Positions (September 28, 2009)
Short positions outstanding at Aug. 31/09 (with changes from Aug. 15/09).
Canadian Gold Mutual Funds (September 28, 2009)
*as of June 30/09
Lending Rates (September 28, 2009)
as of 9 a. m. ET. Sept 22, 2009 (%) Bank of Canada 0.50 Target overnight rate 0.25 Canadian Prime 2.25 U. S. Discount Primary 0.50 U. S. Fed Funds market rate 0-0.25 U. S. Prime …
Exchange Rates (September 28, 2009)
CANADIAN/U. S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate) Date Sept. 21 Sept. 18 Sept. 17 Sept. 16 Sept. 15 US$ in C$ 1.0777 1.0724 1.0613 1.0663 1.0763 C$ in US$ 0.9297 0.9325 0.9422 0.937…