Producer And Dealer Prices (December 22, 2008)
Antimony: Mid-mkt US$4,850 /t.
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Teck To Close Pend Oreille Zinc Mine
Vancouver — As part of its efforts to wrestle down nearly US$10 billion of debt, Teck (TCK. B-T, TCK-n) will suspend operations at the Pend Oreille zinc mine, in northeastern Washington, two months f…
Scott Lake Delivering For Cogitore
Cogitore Resources (WOO-V) reported its best-ever zinc grades from recent drilling at Scott Lake, near Chibougamau, Que.
Fortress Cuts High-Grade At Svetloye
Vancouver– Fortress Minerals (FST-V, FTMNF-o) has pulled a long and tantalizingly high-grade gold intercept from the Amy zone at its Svetloye property, 220 km southwest of Okhotsk, in Russia’s Far Ea…
BHP OKs Aussie Iron Ore Expansion
BHP Billiton (BHP-N, BLT-l) has approved an expansion at its iron ore mining operations in Western Australia, which will raise production by 50 million tonnes to 205 million tonnes per year in 2011.
Daily Metal Prices (December 22, 2008)
Date Dec. 15 Dec. 12 Dec. 11 Dec. 10 Dec. 9 BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne) Al Alloy 1120/1180 1140/1180 1140/1210 1110.50/1170 1105…
North American Stock Exchange Indices (December 22, 2008)
52-week Date Dec. 15 Dec. 12 Dec. 11 Dec. 10 Dec. 9 High Low S&P/TSX-Ven Comp 716.81 718.54 713.44 705.54 686.02 2886.39 678.62 TSX Composite 8461.83 8515.45 8391.90 8634.00 …
Breakwater sheds gold royalties amidst low zinc prices
Breakwater Resources (BWR-T) continues to shed assets in an effort to weather the current lows in the base metals m…
Golden Predator Mines to spin-out gold assets
Golden Predator Mines (GP-T) is going to separate its gold and silver assets from its base metal assets in a spin-o…
Silvercorp gains on TLP-LM prefeasibility study
Vancouver – China’s largest primary-silver producer, Silvercorp Metals (SVM-T, SVMFF-O), now has a five-year …
Feasibility’s in; Marathon PGM seeks financing
Now that Marathon PGM (MAR-T) has completed a feasibility study for its platinum group metal-copper project, the co…
Aggregates and Obama’s plan: JP Morgan says no boon too soon
Vancouver – President-elect Barack Obama’s talk of massive infrastructure spending to ward off recession has …