TSX Venture Exchange Nov. 21-27
Modest rallies in precious and base metals prices gave some buoyancy to the junior mining-dominated S&P-TSX Venture Composite Index, gaining 4.5% or 117.91 points over the Nov. 21-27 trading sessi…
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Daily Metal Prices (December 04, 2006)
BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne)
International Quotes (December 04, 2006)
Australia (A$) Nov 27 Nov 20 Change Bendigo Mining 0.81 0.77 0.04 Centamin Egypt 0.70 0.68 0.02 Croesus Mining 0.28 0.28 0.00 Emperor Mines 0.30 0.27 0.03 Kingsgate Cons. 4.23…
Dividends (December 04, 2006)
Company Div. Pay Record ($) Date Date Phelps Dodge 0.20* Dec 1 Nov 16 Cleve-Cliffs 0.125* Dec 1 Nov 24 Russel Metals 0.40 Dec 15 Nov 15 Barrick Gold 0.11*…
Lending Rates (December 04, 2006)
as of 4 pm ET, Nov. 20, 2006 (%) Bank of Canada 4.50 Target overnight rate 4.25 Canadian Prime 6.00 U.S. Discount Primary 6.25 U.S. Fed Funds market rate 5.25…
Alexco drilling at Keno Hill
Vancouver — Investors drove the stock of Alexco Resources (AXR-T, AXORF-O) to a new 52-week high of $5.10 recently, encouraged by the latest results from a Yukon silver project managed by the company…
North American Stock Exchange Indices (December 04, 2006)
Date Nov. 27 Nov. 24 Nov. 23 Nov. 22 Nov. 21 High Low S&P/TSX-Ven Comp 2748.41 2736.88 2691.67 2666.62 2663.89 3309.90 2034.83 TSX Composite 12542.45 12631.08 12644.90 12556.98 12602.30 12676.85…
Exchange Rates (December 04, 2006)
CANADIAN/U.S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate)
De Beers opens diamond centre
De Beers officially opened Canada’s first Diamond Display Centre recently. The centre, which is located at De Beers Canada headquarters in Toronto, is the first permanent display of this type outside …
Pirquitas to go into production (December 04, 2006)
Silver Standard Resources (SSO-T, SSRI-Q) will go ahead with construction of a mine at its Pirquitas silver project in Jujuy province, Argentina, which would produce about 9 million oz. per year over …
Canadian Gold Mutual Funds (December 04, 2006)
Fund name Nov 27($) Nov 20($) Change($) Change(%) YTD(%) MER*(%) Assets*(M$) AGF Pr Mtl 25.57 24.37 1.20 4.9 56.7 2.68 440 Altamira Pr & Str Mtl 12.47 11.78 0.69 5.9…
Western Canadian Coal set to start second mine
Vancouver — Efforts to transform northeastern British Columbia into a major supplier of metallurgical coal to the Korean and Japanese steel industries have taken another step forward with news that W…