Colombia attracting mining’s heavy hitters
Marmato, Colombia — Efforts by Colombian authorities to attract international mining investment are bearing fruit as the ranks of foreign investors taking a serious look at the country swell. A year …
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Canadian Stock Exchange Indices (October 23, 2006)
Date Oct. 16 Oct. 13 Oct. 12 Oct. 11 Oct. 10 High Low S&P/TSX-Ven Comp 2422.18 2393.35 2356.83 2343.48 2361.4 3309.90 1957.46 TSX Composite 12061.54…
TSX Rights & Warrants (October 23, 2006)
Agnico Eagle Mines (AEM.WT.U) — Wt buys sh @ US$19 to Nov 14/07.
Spot Prices Courtesy of Scotiabank Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2006
Precious Metals Price (US$/oz.) Change Gold $594.90 +17.65 Silver $11.85 +0.64 Platinum $1094.00 +10.00 Palladium $323.00 +17.00 Base Metals Price (US$/lb.) Change Nickel $15.26 +0.29…
LME Warehouse Levels (October 23, 2006)
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, Oct. 16, 2006 (change from Oct. 9 in brackets):
Producer and Dealer Prices (October 23, 2006)
Antimony : Mid-mkt US$5,240/t.
Daily Metal Prices (October 23, 2006)
BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne)
TSX Venture Exchange October 10-16
Trading on the TSX Venture Exchange showed definite signs of life over the Oct. 10-16 report period as bargain-hunting investors bid up resource stocks battered by the commodity correction of late sum…
Crescent Gold nears production Down Under
LAVERTON MINE TO POUR GOLD BY YEAR-END
African Copper to go ahead at Dukwe (October 23, 2006)
African Copper (ACU-T, AFNCF-O, ACU-L) will start construction of a mine at the Dukwe copper project in Botswana, with the hope of starting production in 2008.
Beacon mill sold
Northern Star Mining (NSM-V, NSMSF-O) continues its garage-sale prowl in northwestern Quebec’s Abitibi region. Having already bought a bargain headframe and hoist for its underground operation at Midw…
U.S. Markets October 10-16
Modest rises on United States stock markets were overshadowed by big gains in the mining equities during the reporting period Oct. 10-16. While the Standard & Poor’s 500 index rose just 18.39 poin…