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…
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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…
Westchester Resouces wants back into the mineral sector
Westchester Resources (WSR-T) is getting in on Guyana Goldfields’ (GUY-T) Peters Mine property in Guyana and the n…
Zinc recycling in the North (October 20, 2006)
Doubtless helped by the price of zinc, two former Arctic zinc producers, both operated by Cominco, are getting …