Komatsu-Cummins fires up its 500,000th engine
The Komatsu-Cummins Engine Company (KCEC) recently has announced the production of its 500,000th engine at its plant in Oyama, Japan.
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SPOT PRICES (April 05, 2010)
COURTESY OF SCOTIABANK
LME WAREHOUSE LEVELS (April 05, 2010)
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, March 30, 2010 (change from Mar. 23 in brackets):
Stornoway improves Renard economics
VANCOUVER — Following a December resource update that more than tripled the tonnage and diamond count at the Renard project in Quebec’s Otish mountains, a new preliminary economic assessment of the p…
Quebec Lithium project gets bigger, better for Canada Lithium
A new prefeasibility study on Canada Lithium’s (CLQ-V, CLQMF-O) Quebec Lithium project envisages an open-pit mine that would produce 42.6 million lbs. of battery-grade lithium carbonate per year over …
PRODUCER AND DEALER PRICES (April 05, 2010)
Antimony: Mid-mkt US$5750.00/t.
Puzzling Rio Tinto convictions in China
The swift convictions of four Rio Tinto employees in Shanghai in late March brought more questions than answers.
DAILY METAL PRICES (April 05, 2010)
Date Mar. 29 Mar. 26 Mar. 25 Mar. 24 Mar. 23 BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne) Al Alloy 2035/2070 2035/2070 2050/2100 2050/2080 2051/2…
PEOPLE (April 05, 2010)
Allied Gold– Terence Harvey appointed an independent non-executive director.
NORTH AMERICAN STOCK EXCHANGE INDICES (April 05, 2010)
52-week Date Mar. 29 Mar. 26 Mar. 25 Mar. 24 Mar. 23 High Low S&P/TSX-Ven Comp 1572.33 1559.78 1550.56 1551.42 1561.36 1628.72 941.10 TSX Composite 12029.72 11957.37 11958.11 11962.97 12044.54…
CANADIAN GOLD MUTUAL FUNDS (April 05, 2010)
Featured Fund: AGF Precious Metals (US$) as of 08/31/09 (in weighted order): Goldcorp, Kinross Gold, Iamgold, Central Fund of Canada, Agnico-Eagle Mines, Inmet Mining, Eldorado Gold, Randgold, Osisko …
TSX SHORT POSITIONS (April 05, 2010)
Short positions outstanding at Mar. 15/10 (with changes from Feb. 28/10).