Producer and dealer prices
Antimony: Mid-mkt US$13,500.00/t
2011
Daily metal prices
DateDec 15Dec 14Dec 13Dec 12Dec 9
La Mancha planning second life for Hassai
For the past six years, Martin Amyot has been making an annual trek to Vancouver to try to convince investors that not only has Sudan had a gold mine in continuous operation since 1991, but also that the mine will be in operation for years to…
Afghanistan gov’t pushes for mineral development
As Western powers prepare to fully withdraw their troops from Afghanistan by the end of 2014, Wahidullah Shahrani, Afganistan’s minister of mines, is preparing for a very different kind of deployment.
Rio wins ruling, Ivanhoe stock falls
While being on the hook for half of a US$6-billion mine construction is hardly small potatoes, it’s a bargain compared to shouldering the burden alone.
LME warehouse levels
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, Dec. 15, 2011 (change from Dec. 8 in brackets):
Editorial: A golden year – the top stories of 2011
With commodity prices strong, it was another highly dynamic year for miners and mineral explorers. Here’s our list of the year’s top mining stories:
Mining history: African mining on the eve of the colonial period
The following is an excerpt from a report entitled Minerals and Africa’s Development, released by the United Nations’ Economic Commission for Africa and the African Union. For the full report visit africaminingvision.org.
Canadian Mining Hall of Fame adds overflow room for induction ceremony
Nothing succeeds like success. Due to the continued demand for tickets to the sold-out 24th Annual Canadian Mining Hall of Fame Induction Dinner at the…
Transition to gold
When Scott McLean packed up and left Xstrata (XTA-L) after a long and illustrious career with Falconbridge, he knew exactly what he wanted to do with his time: Find another world class mine.
Avion triples Hounde resource to 1.6M oz. gold
In less than two years, Avion Gold (AVR-T) has turned a group of early stage mineral concessions in Burkina Faso into a 1.6-million-oz. gold project, with management convinced of its further potential for growth.
Abacus advances its Ajax copper-gold project
Abacus Mining & Exploration (ame-v) has painted an interesting prospect at its joint-ventured Ajax copper-gold project near Kamloops, B.C., with a feasibility study showing the project could support a 60,000-tonne-per-day operation…