DAILY METAL PRICES (July 19, 2010)
Date July 12 July 9 July 8 July 7 July 6 BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne) Al Alloy 1921/1925 1931/1935 1955/1950 1915/1920 1895/1990 …
Volume 96 Number 22 - Jul 19 - 25, 2010
PRODUCER AND DEALER PRICES (July 19, 2010)
Antimony: Mid-mkt US$8,250.00 /t.
LME WAREHOUSE LEVELS (July 19, 2010)
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, July 13, 2010 (change from July 6 in brackets):
Vale workers agree on 5-year contract
Unionized Vale (VALE-N) employees that work at nickel operations in Sudbury and Port Colborne, Ont., have voted about 75% in favour of a five-year collective agreement, putting an end to one of the lo…
U.S. MARKETS -July 5-9
Markets in the United States recovered somewhat during the July 5-9 trading period amidst positive news about global economic growth this year and next.
TSX VENTURE EXCHANGE -July 5-9
It was a rough ride for the S&P/TSX Venture composite index during the July 5-9 trading week, as the board fell for two days, then gained, lost and gained. By the end of the period, the board was …
TORONTO STOCK EXCHANGE -July 5-9
The TSX composite index showed signs of life again finishing 400 points higher for the July 5-9 period as it ended the week at 11,600 points. It was one of the strongest periods for the index this yea…
PEOPLE (July 19, 2010)
Aurcana — Robert Tweedy appointed a director.
Sander Geophysics builds its fleet
Airborne geophysical surveyor Sander Geophysics has added a Twin Otter Survey Aircraft to its team, bringing its fleet to 16 aircrafts.
BBA, AMEC to build Detour Lake
Detour Gold (DGC-T, DRGDF-O) has hired some heavy hitters to build infrastructure for its Detour Lake gold project in northeastern Ontario.
Early 2010 a ‘wild ride’: MRG report
— The following are the findings of the Mining Recruitment Group’s (MRG) latest Mining Executive Outlook survey, which was distributed and completed during the last week of June 2010. This survey is …
Prosperity showdown
Taseko Mines’ Prosperity project has started to sound more ironic by the day, after the proposed open-pit copper-gold mine in central B.C. was harshly criticized in a federal review panel’s environmen…