Spot Prices Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2003 Courtesy of Scotiabank
Precious MetalsPrice (US$/oz.)ChangeGold$386.40+8.10Silver$5.06+0.13Platinum$760.00+18.00…
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LME Warehouse Levels (November 17, 2003)
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, Nov. 10 (change from Nov. 3 in brackets):MetalStock(tonnes)ChangeAluminium1366750(-70…
Majors top up their tills
Vancouver — More consolidation in the gold sector could be in the offing, given that two of the world’s largest producers have gone to the market to top up their tills.South Africa’s Gold Fields (GFI…
Orezone cuts prospect at Essakan
Ongoing rapid-air-blast drilling by Orezone Resources (ORZ-T) has turned up a new gold prospect at the Essakan property in Burkina Faso, West Africa.The prospect, which overlies the Soka gold anomaly,…
The Northern Miner Indices (November 17, 2003)
North American Mining: 96.72 (-3.68)Small Producers: 89.80 (-1.98)(Sept. 30/98 = 100)…
Bendigo moves to plan B
Australian-based Bendigo Mining is seeking alternative financing arrangements for its New Bendigo project under the assumption that the 360 million options it granted to Harmony Gold (hmy-n) will not …
Lending Rates (November 17, 2003)
as of 4 pm ET, Nov. 11, 2003(%)Bank of Canada3.00Target overnight rate2.75Canadian Prime4.50U.S. Discount Primary2.00U.S. Fed Funds market rate1.00U.S. Prime4.00LIBOR US$ 3-month1.18LIBOR US$ …
Northern Miner Indices (November 17, 2003)
NORTH AMERICAN MINING INDEXCompanyTickerWeightBarrickABX-T17.1%CamecoCCO-T3.3%FalconbridgeFL-T5.0%Freeport McM BFCX-N8.2%GoldcorpG-T4.3%IncoN-T8.7%Kinross GoldK-T4.3%Newmont MiningNEM…
Canadian Stock Exchange Indices (November 17, 2003)
DateNov. 10Nov. 7Nov. 6Nov. 5Nov. 4HighLowTSX Composite7815.46…
Canada leads way as exploration spending rises
Worldwide spending on mineral exploration has increased for the first time since its peak in 1997, according to the Metals Economics Group (MEG).The recent edition of the group’s Corporate Exploration…
Grasberg update will affect copper markets
The key event in recent base metals markets is Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold’s (FCX-N) update on the status of its recovery efforts from the landslide at its Grasberg mine in Indonesia.Some of the mi…
Producer and Dealer Prices (November 17, 2003)
Antimony: Mid-mkt US$2,050/t.Bismuth: Mid-mkt US$3.05/lb.Cadmium: Mid-mkt US$0.65/lb.Cobalt: Recent trades US$11.60-13.50/lb.Copper: Comex Dec. US$0.9445/lb.Indium: Indium Corp., ingot, US$265/kg.Irid…