Producer And Dealer Prices (March 16, 2009)
Antimony: Mid-mkt US$4,350/t.
News
West Africans Ask Miners For More Training, Transparency
Mines ministers from West Africa say foreign mining companies need to become more transparent, help more with infrastructure development and provide more training to local people.
Daily Metal Prices (March 16, 2009)
Date Mar. 9 Mar. 6 Mar. 5 Mar. 4 Mar. 3 BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne) Al Alloy 1170/1200 1160/1190 1141/1175 1150/1170 1135/1170 A…
North American Stock Exchange Indices (March 16, 2009)
52-week Date Mar. 9 Mar. 6 Mar. 5 Mar. 4 Mar. 3 High Low S&P/TSX-Ven Comp 814.19 829.12 829.69 830.95 824.07 2735.30 678.62 TSX Composite 7566.94 7591.47 7629.17 7814.75 7631.62…
TSX Venture Exchange Rights & Warrants (March 16, 2009)
Atlas Minerals (AMR. WT. A)– Wt buys sh @ $0.60 to Dec 31/09.
Canadian Gold Mutual Funds (March 16, 2009)
Featured Fund: BMO precious metals as of 12/31/08 (in weighted order): Kinross Gold, Allied Nevada Gold, Agnico-Eagle Mines, Goldcorp, Red Back Mining, San Gold, Quadra Mining, Franco-Nevada, Lihir Go…
Exchange Rates (March 16, 2009)
CANADIAN/U. S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate) Date Mar. 9 Mar. 6 Mar. 5 Mar. 4 Mar. 3 US$ in C$ 1.3000 1.2863 1.2877 1.2765 1.2938 C$ in US$ 0.7692 0.7774 0.7766 0.7834 0.7729…
Lending Rates (March 16, 2009)
as of 9 a. m. ET. March 10, 2009 (%) Bank of Canada 0.75 Target overnight rate 0.50 Canadian Prime 2.50 U. S. Discount Primary 0.50 U. S. Fed Funds market rate 0-0.25 U. S. Prime 3…
International Quotes (March 16, 2009)
Australia (A$) March 10 March 3 Change Bendigo Mining 0.21 0.21 0.00 Kingsgate Cons. 4.65 4.93 -0.28 Lion Selection Ltd 0.90 0.80 0.10 Newcrest Mining 30.75 31.53 -0.78…
Dividends (March 16, 2009)
Note: Alcoa will pay $0.9375* on its $3.75* cmltv pr sh on Apr
Rio Tinto Gets US$761M For Jacobs Ranch Coal Mine
Rio Tinto’s (RTP-N, RIO-L) recent US$19-billion cash infusion from Chinese state-owned Aluminum Corp. of China (ACH-N) (Chinalco) hasn’t slowed the pace of the debt-laden major’s asset sales.
Macarthur’s $100M Payday Disappears
VANCOUVER –It seemed too good to be true and it was: Macarthur Minerals( MMS-V, MMSDF-O) fell 45% on news that a $100-million deal for its Lake Giles iron ore deposit in Western Australia fell throug…