Spot Prices Wed. May 1, 2002
Precious MetalsPrice (US$/oz.)ChangeGold$308.30+$3.80Silver$ 4.54-$0.04Platinum$523.00-$…
News
Revenue, earnings down at SPCC
First-quarter earnings at Southern Peru Copper (PCU-N) were weaker on lower production and lower realized copper prices. For the quarter ended March 31, the company earned US$6.4 million on revenues o…
Northern Miner Indices (May 06, 2002)
NORTH AMERICAN MINING INDEXCompanyTickerWeight (%)Barrick GoldABX-T25.5CamecoCCO-T4.1FalconbridgeFL-T5.3Franco-Nevada MiningNMC-T7.0Freeport McMoRan Cop’r BFCX-N5.7IncoN-T9.2Newmont Mini…
Daily Metal Prices (May 06, 2002)
BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne)DateApril 30April 29April 26April 25April 24Aluminium13…
MOST ACTIVE ISSUES, APRIL 24-30
ExchgVol(000s)HighLowCloseChangeTVX GoldT355901.341.081.30+0.21…
TSE Short Positions (May 06, 2002)
Short positions outstanding at April 15, 2002Larger individual positions includeAgnico-Eagle 4,943,935 up 737,099; Andean American 111,000 up 107,000; Ashton 621,659 down 157,769;…
LME Warehouse Levels (May 06, 2002)
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, April 30 (change from April 23 in brackets):MetalStock (tonnes)ChangeAluminium1110850…
Producer and Dealer Prices (May 06, 2002)
Antimony: Mid-mkt US$1,250/t.Bismuth: Mid-mkt US$3.15/lb.Cadmium: Mid-mkt US$0.25/lb.Chromium: Mid-mkt ores US$65.00/t.Cobalt: Recent trades US$7.50-8.35/lb.Copper: Comex July US$0.739/lb.Indium: Indi…
Fort Hills project doubles in size
Sandwiched between Syncrude’s big Aurora mine and the Albian Sands project led by Shell Canada (SHC-T), the Fort Hills oil sands development in Alberta has announced it will be in production by 2005 a…
Apex teams with W Copper
Vancouver — Denver-based Apex Silver Mines (SIL-X) has joined forces with Western Copper Holdings (WTC-T) to explore several properties in Mexico’s Zacatecas state.The agreement consolidates 14.6 sq….
Better bottom line for Cameco
A long-awaited rise in uranium prices helped Cameco (CCO-T) dramatically improve both its top and bottom lines over the first three months of the year.Cameco earned $11 million (9 per share) on reven…
More gold found at Assean Lake
Vancouver — International Curator Resources (IC-T) has intersected a new gold zone at its Assean lake Property, near Thompson Man.Hole 86 intersected 0.71 gram gold over 13.8 metres starting at a dow…