CANADIAN GOLD MUTUAL FUNDS (December 20, 2010)
*as of Sept. 30/10
Volume 96 Number 44 - Dec 20 - 26, 2010
DAILY METAL PRICES (December 20, 2010)
DAILY METAL PRICES Daily Metal Prices Date Dec. 13 Dec. 10 Dec. 9 Dec. 8 Dec. 7 BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange –Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne) Al Alloy 2270/2235 2265/222…
Monument makes it happen in Malaysia
SITE VISIT KUALA LIPIS, MALAYSIA — True believers will persevere in the face of adversity. When the believers are mine builders, the recession of 2008-09…
LME WAREHOUSE LEVELS (December 20, 2010)
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, Dec 13, 2010 (change from Dec. 6 in brackets):
SPOT PRICES (December 20, 2010)
COURTE SY OF SCOTIABANK
U.S. MARKETS -December 6-10
The Dow Jones industrial average inched up 28.23 points to close the week at 11,410.32, while the S&P 500 rose 15.6 points to 1,240.40. The Nasdaq advanced 46.08 points to finish at 2,637.54. The …
TSX VENTURE EXCHANGE -December 6-10
The Dec. 6-10 period saw the S&P TSX Venture composite index end up 14.37 points at 2124.30. Volume was in line with recent weeks, averaging 175 million shares traded daily. The bears-to-bulls rat…
TORONTO STOCK EXCHANGE -December 6-10
The TSX composite index was up 60.52 points to finish the Dec. 6-10 period at 13,239.47, marking the second consecutive weekly gain as both Canada and the U.S. posted better-than-expected trade data.
PEOPLE (December 20, 2010)
Anglo Swiss Resources — David Constable appointed a director.
Worldwide nonferrous exploration budgets rise
The following is from the Metals Economics Group’s 21st Corporate Exploration Strategies study.
TNM Mining Persons of the Year: Ryan, Wood renew Yukon gold rush
Fourteen years ago Shawn Ryan and Cathy Wood were tromping around British Columbia, picking wild mushrooms. They loved the lifestyle, in large part because of its gold rush-style mentality: “You’d hav…
Oyu Tolgoi back on track with Ivanhoe-Rio deal (December 20, 2010)
VANCOUVER — The Oyu Tolgoi partners have signed a deal that gives Ivanhoe Mines (IVN-T) access to as much as US$6.5 billion to keep construction on track while giving Rio Tinto (RTP-N, RIO-L) an incr…