Miners give Ontario budget thumbs up
Tax cuts, government spending and investment could herald a good year for the province’s mining industry in light of Ontario’s 2008 budget.
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Serengeti jumps on hot hole at Kwanika (April 07, 2008)
VANCOUVER — Serengeti Resources (SIR-V, SGRNF-O) pulled a long, strong intercept from its Kwanika copper-gold-silver project in central British Columbia and investors took note, boosting the company’…
Conservationist calls for co-operation with mining
Monte Hummel, President Emeritus of the World Wildlife Fund Canada, called on both the mining community and environmental organizations to work towards a common understanding, during the Meet the Mine…
Cassidy strikes Guinea gold
VANCOUVER–It may not be the easiest country in the world in which to do business but Cassidy Gold (CDY-V, CSYGF-O) is showing that, if you can get drills turning, there’s gold to be had in Guinea.
People (April 07, 2008)
Alcoa– Donna Dabney appointed VP.
LME WAREHOUSE LEVELS (April 07, 2008)
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, April 1, 2008 (change from March 11 in brackets):
Hockey night in the mining industry
The crowd cheers and stock market discussions fade to a gentle murmur, the sound of skates cutting the ice resonating throughout the arena. Tension builds as the players take to their positions on the…
Barrick ups investment in Papua New Guinea (April 07, 2008)
Just weeks after Allied Gold (AGLD-L ALD-A) poured the first gold from its Simberi project on Simberi Island off the northern coast of Papua New Guinea, the Australian miner has signed a deal with Can…
TSX VENTURE EXCHANGE MARCH 25-31
After a few tumultuous weeks, the S&P-TSX Venture Composite Index managed to post a gain in the final week of March, rising 35.81 points over the March 25-31 trading session to close at 2,617.56. …
TORONTO STOCK EXCHANGE MARCH 25-31
The TSX Composite Index climbed 2.5% over the March 25-31 trading period to 13,350.13 points. The benchmark’s gains were largely, though not exclusively, boosted by the commodity sector.
SPOT PRICES (April 07, 2008)
COURTESY OF SCOTIABANK
PRODUCER AND DEALER PRICES (April 07, 2008)
Antimony: Mid-mkt US$5,850/t.