OFFICIAL OPENING AND 2008 BRITISH COLUMBIA, ALASKA & YUKON EXPLORATION REVIEWS
In addition to the Opening Ceremonies, this session will provide British Columbia, Alaska, and Yukon exploration reviews.
News
WHAT IS NEW IN EXPLORATION?
New exploration techniques and sources of metals are constantly emerging as knowledge and technology of exploration and mineral processing emerge. This session examines emerging concepts in ore genesi…
Vale slashes iron ore production, trims nickel output
Saying that it is “adjusting to the new global economic scenario,” iron ore giant Vale (RIO-n) is dramatically scaling back its iron ore mining in Brazil in order to cope with an estimated 20% product…
Sage Gold hopes to extend Kodiak’s discovery
SITE VISIT Jellicoe, Ont. — Nigel Lees, president and CEO of Sage Gold (SGX-V, SGGDF-o), and Bill Love, the company’s vice-president of business development, are trying to solve a geological…
Commentary: Asbestos mortality: a Canadian export
— The following is an edited version of an editorial that appeared in the Oct. 21, 2008, edition of the Canadian Medical Association Journal. The footnotes have been removed, but are available in the…
U. S. MARKETS – OCT. 28 -NOV. 3
Have markets seen the bottom yet? We won’t know for a while yet, but the upward bounce during the Oct. 28-Nov. 3 trading session certainly looks convincing. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 1,144…
TORONTO STOCK EXCHANGE – OCT. 28 -NOV. 3
Mining stocks helped boost the S&P-TSX Composite Index over the Oct. 28-Nov. 3 trading period. The TSX rose nearly 14% or 1,284 points to 9,721, giving investors some hope that we’ve reached the b…
TSX VENTURE EXCHANGE – OCT. 28 -NOV. 3
Market winds finally reversed direction during the Oct. 28-Nov. 3 trading week on the S&P-TSX Venture Composite Index. The board posted five consecutive gains to close up 126.6 points at 935.6. Tr…
SPOT PRICES (November 10, 2008)
COURTESY OF SCOTIABANK
PRODUCER AND DEALER PRICES (November 10, 2008)
Antimony: Mid-mkt US$6,383.33/t.
Renard jumps another hurdle for Stornoway, Soquem
Vancouver — A positive scoping study for its Renard diamond project has boosted Stornoway Diamond’s (SWY-T, SWYDF-o) confidence that it might someday develop Quebec’s first diamond mine.
DAILY METAL PRICES (November 10, 2008)
Date Nov. 3 Oct. 31 Oct. 30 Oct. 29 Oct. 28 BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne) Al Alloy 1420/1490 1420/1470 1430/1480 1470/1520 1410/15…