Rio Tinto options Global Copper’s Taca Taca (January 28, 2008)
Vancouver — Global Copper (GLQ-T, GOCPF-O) has landed Rio Tinto (RTP-N, RIO-L) as an option partner on its Taca Taca copper-gold deposit in Salta province, northwestern Argentina.
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Inaugural Women in Mining Reception
The Women in Mining (WIM) Network, Toronto Branch, is hosting the inaugural Women in Mining International Reception taking place in collaboration with the Prospectors and Developers Association of Can…
Fortress plans to up Svetloye stake
Mineralization now stretches 100 metres farther at Fortress Minerals’ (FST-V, FTMNF-O) Elena prospect, part of its 51%-owned Svetloye gold project in Russia’s Far East.
Daily Metal Prices (January 28, 2008)
BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne)
Spot Prices Courtesy of Scotiabank Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2008
Precious Metals Price (US$/oz.) Change Gold $862.00 -42.75 Silver $15.57 -0.67 Platinum $1522.00 -58.00 Palladium $363.00 -16.00 Base Metals Price (US$/lb.) Change Nickel $12.34 -0.56 Lead $1.15 -0.06 Copper $3.14…
Producer and Dealer Prices (January 28, 2008)
Antimony : Mid-mkt US$5,550/t.
TSX Short Positions (January 28, 2008)
Short positions outstanding at Nov. 30/07 (with changes from Nov. 15/07).
TSX Venture Short Positions (January 28, 2008)
Short positions outstanding at Nov. 30/07 (with changes from Nov. 15/07).
Lending Rates (January 28, 2008)
as of 9 a.m. ET, Jan. 15, 2008 (%)
South African power crisis shuts down mines (January 25, 2008)
Vancouver – A nationwide energy crunch in South Africa has hit the country’s powerful mining sector hard with its m…
New Nadina breathes life into RIP
More results from New Nadina Explorations’ (NNA-V) “RIP” kimberlite is proving that the pipe is anything but dead i…
Ecuador revokes hundreds of mining licences (January 25, 2008)
Ascendant Copper (ACX-T) shares took a beating today after mining concessions at its Junin property in Ecuador were…