Oriental Minerals Leads the Way in Korea
SITE VISIT Sangdong, South Korea — At its peak, 30,000 people lived in Sangdong, South Korea, home of the former world-class tungsten-molybdenum mine. Many of the 500 people who still…
2007
Facts ‘N’ Figures: Investors Sought Silver Lining Last Year
The silver price, led by growing investor demand, averaged a remarkable US$11.55 per oz. in 2006. At the same time, industrial demand for silver saw a fifth consecutive year of growth, despite the hig…
Editor’s Picks: Back Slapping Galore
An unabashedly good news story right here in Canada highlighted the week ended May 26, the twenty-first trading week of 2007.
Lending Rates (June 04, 2007)
as of 9 a.m. ET, May 29, 2007 (%) Bank of Canada 4.50 Target overnight rate 4.25 Canadian Prime 6.00 U.S. Discount Primary 6.25 U.S. Fed Funds market rate 5.25…
BID-ASK — May 22-28, 2007
STOCK EXC BID ASK LAST HIGH LO African Metals V 0.68 0.74 0.62 0.86 0.355 Antoro Res V 0.12 0.125 0.125 0.19 0.075 Apoquindo Mnls V 0.40 0.50 0.40 0.70…
Serengeti Surges on More Wide Kwanika Intercepts
Vancouver — Another batch of wide mineralized intercepts from its Kwanika copper-gold property in north-central B.C. propelled Serengeti Resources (SIR-V, SGRNF-O) to a recent 49% gain on strong volu…
Shhh, It’s North Korea on the Line
Seoul, South Korea — It’s not every day that Chairman Kim Jong Il invites you to North Korea.
Toronto Stock Exchange May 22-28
The TSX Composite Index fell slightly over the May 22-28 trading period, but stayed near all-time highs as it finished at 14,024.07, down just 81.27 points.
TSX Venture Exchange May 22-28
Despite a U.S. Memorial Day-shortened May 22-28 trading session, the S&P-TSX Venture Composite Index posted strong average daily trading volume of 91 million shares, but gave up 48.55 points to cl…
U.S. Markets May 21-26
Stock markets in the United States took a break from setting records during the period May 21-26, with the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index down 9.37 points, or 0.6% of value, at 1,515.73 points.
LME Warehouse Levels (June 04, 2007)
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, May 25, 2007 (change from May 21 in brackets):
Spot Prices (June 04, 2007)
Courtesy of Scotiabank