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The strength of the current bull market for gold was very much in evidence during the 14th trading week of the year, as sovereign debt concerns in Europe continued to dominate precious metals and curr…

The new Ontario budget, delivered by Ontario’s Finance Minister Dwight Duncan seems to pin economic progress on the back of mining and, in doing so, could give miners a little more elbow room.

Short positions outstanding at Mar. 31/10 (with changes from Mar. 15/10).

Just when it appeared that things were finally moving smoothly for Centerra Gold (CG-T), political unrest in Kyrgyzstan reared its head and damaged the company’s share price.

VANCOUVER — First, Macarthur Coal (MCC-A) inked a friendly deal to acquire Gloucester Coal (GCLA), GCLA), which is majority-owned by Singapore-listed raw materials giant Noble Group, in an all-share …

*as of Jan. 31/10

Short positions outstanding at Mar. 31/10 (with changes from Mar. 15/10).

Note: Cameco is increasing its annual div to 28 cents per sahre from 26 cents. Alcoa pays qrtly div of US93 cents on cultv prf stk on April 1, close March 12. Merrex Gold shareholders will receive div…

as of 9 a.m. ET. April 13, 2010 (%) Bank of Canada 0.50 Target overnight rate 0.25 Canadian Prime 2.25 U.S. Discount Primary 0.50 U.S. Fed Funds market rate 0-0.25 U.S. Prime 3…

CANADIAN/U. S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate) Date Apr. 12 Apr. 9 Apr. 8 Apr. 7 Apr. 6 US$ in C$ 1.0015 1.0055 1.0020 1.0030 1.0001 C$ in US$ 0.9985 0.9945 0.9980 0.9970 0.999…

Australia (A$) Apr 13 Apr 6 Change Aquila Resources 10.6 10.89 -0.29 Bendigo Mining 0.26 0.23 0.03 Centennial Coal 4.37 4.37 0.00 Fortescue Res 5.21 5.04 0.17 Iluka R…

Assay results from two additional drill holes of a five-hole program at Cream Minerals’ (CMA-V, CRMXF-O) Nuevo Milenio epithermal silver-gold project in Mexico returned 1,886 grams silver per tonne an…