Gold’s Record Rise The Year’s Highlight
While many are thankful to leave an economically brutal 2009 behind, the year had its positive moments, too. Here’s our list of the year’s biggest mining stories:
News
Setting The Story Straight On Uranium
— In the wake of recent calls for a moratorium on uranium exploration in Quebec, the following is an open letter signed by 22 Quebec mining professionals who are “upset by attempts to manipulate publ…
Obituary: Barrick’s Greg Wilkins dies at 53
Former Barrick Gold president and CEO Greg Wilkins, known for his entrepreneurial talent and sharp mind, passed away on Dec. 16 after a battle with cancer. He was 53. Wilkins…
Capital Gold’s Quarterly Income Surges
Capital Gold (CGC-T) posted a 52% year-on-year jump in net income in the first fiscal quarter ended Oct. 31.
CFACT
Global warming skeptics from Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow (CFACT) give Greenpeace a “taste of its own medicine” and unfurl a banner reading “Propaganda Warrior” on the organization’s infamous…
People (January 04, 2010)
Continental Minerals — Wang Fuyu resigned as a director.
Thompson Creek To Build $498M Mill Complex
VANCOUVER — Instead of revamping existing equipment as originally envisioned, Thompson Creek Metals (TCM-T, TC-N) is proposing to build an all-new $498-million mill at its 75%-owned Endako mine in so…
Spot Prices (January 04, 2010)
COURTESY OF SCOTIABANK
LME Warehouse Levels (January 04, 2010)
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, December 22, 2009 (change from Dec. 15 in brackets):
Producer And Dealer Prices (January 04, 2010)
Antimony: Mid-mkt US$5750.00/t.
Daily Metal Prices (January 04, 2010)
Date Dec. 21 Dec. 18 Dec. 17 Dec. 16 Dec. 15 BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne) Al Alloy 1955/1990 1925/1970 1937/1980 1936/1990 1925/1…
Canadian Gold Mutual Funds (January 04, 2010)
*as of Sept. 30/09