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Spot Prices Wed. November 21, 2001
Precious MetalsPrice (US$/oz.)ChangeGold$273.15-$4.40Silver$ 4.07-$0.11Platinum…
Producer and Dealer Prices (November 26, 2001)
Antimony: Mid-mkt US$1,225/t.Bismuth: Mid-mkt US$3.50/lb.Cadmium: Mid-mkt US$0.27/lb.Chromium: Mid-mkt ores US$65.00/t.Cobalt: Recent trades US$6.50-7.10/lb.Copper: Comex Dec. US$0.673/lb.Indium: Indi…
Daily Metal Prices (November 26, 2001)
BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne)DateNov. 20Nov. 19Nov. 16Nov. 15Nov. 14Aluminium1352/1367.501375/1389.501370/1388…
Newmont still volume leader
The New York Stock Exchange finished in positive territory over the report period Nov. 14-20, adding 150.43 points to close at 9,901.38.Like last week, the big newsmaker was Newmont Mining, which was …
Writedowns affect Manhattan’s earnings
Vancouver — Writedowns on the sale of its Mexican operations have prompted Manhattan Minerals (man-t) to restate losses for the 3- and 9-month periods ended Sept. 30, 2000.Excluding the charge from d…
Signs of hope for base metals
In the immediate term, base metals prices are in a more robust state than they have been for some time. Copper prices ended the report period Nov. 12-16 up 7.1%, aluminum was 6.7% stronger, and zinc g…
Northern Dynasty eyes Alaskan porphyry belt
Vancouver — Large copper-gold porphyry intrusions typically occur in clusters, and Northern Dynasty Minerals (NDM-V) is hoping the area around its newly acquired Pebble deposit in Alaska is no except…
Geochemistry from a hundred metres up
Ontario-based Ekwan Technologies is hoping to take a stranglehold on what it believes will be a large emerging market for an airborne system that maps geochemical alteration over large areas. The syst…
Seabed explorer Namco still struggling
Still suffering the effects of an underwater mining accident that damaged its NamSSol seabed crawler early in the year, Namibian Minerals (NMR-T) has posted a US$940,000 loss for the three months ende…
Golds fall again while nickel majors climb
Gold just can’t cut a break these days: spot prices fell steadily throughout the Nov. 14-20 report period to settle at a London morning fix of US$273.15 per oz. on Nov. 21. The yellow metal has lost n…
Mining index increases momentum
Vancouver — The report period ended Nov. 20 saw the third consecutive 3-digit gain for the mining sector. Nothwithstanding a poor performance by the oil and gas sector, the Canadian Venture Exchange …