Dividends (October 23, 2006)
Company Div. Pay Record ($) Date Date Royal Gold 0.055* Oct 20 Oct 6 Goldcorp 0.015* Oct 27 Oct 20 Pr Mtls Mng Trust 0.05 Nov 15 Oct 31 Alcoa…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Strike averted at Teck’s Highland Valley
Vancouver — Teck Cominco (TCK.B-T, TCK-N) and Local 7619 of the United Steelworkers of America have averted a strike at the Highland Valley copper mine, 60 km southwest of Kamloops, B.C., with worker…
Beacon mill sold
Northern Star Mining (NSM-V, NSMSF-O) continues its garage-sale prowl in northwestern Quebec’s Abitibi region. Having already bought a bargain headframe and hoist for its underground operation at Midw…
African Copper to go ahead at Dukwe (October 23, 2006)
African Copper (ACU-T, AFNCF-O, ACU-L) will start construction of a mine at the Dukwe copper project in Botswana, with the hope of starting production in 2008.
Crescent Gold nears production Down Under
LAVERTON MINE TO POUR GOLD BY YEAR-END
Exchange Rates (October 23, 2006)
CANADIAN/U.S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate)
TSX Venture Exchange October 10-16
Trading on the TSX Venture Exchange showed definite signs of life over the Oct. 10-16 report period as bargain-hunting investors bid up resource stocks battered by the commodity correction of late sum…
Daily Metal Prices (October 23, 2006)
BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne)
Producer and Dealer Prices (October 23, 2006)
Antimony : Mid-mkt US$5,240/t.
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):
Lending Rates (October 23, 2006)
as of 4 pm ET, Oct. 16, 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 5.24…
Inco saves best for last
Tabling its final quarterly report before its takeover by Brazil’s Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (RIO-N), Inco (N-T, N…