Wallbridge eyes producer status
It’s been a slow ride for Wallbridge Mining (WM-T), but one that has been picking up. With one spin out, another in the making and a project near production, the explorer is ready to change gears.
Volume 97 Number 23 Jul 25 - 31, 2011
Pele shares surge on Eco Ridge’s PEA
Pele Mountain Resources’ (GEM-V) shares got a healthy boost on the back of a positive preliminary economic assessment (PEA) that shows its Eco Ridge rare earth element (REE) and uranium project in Elliot Lake, Ont., could potentially be…
Producer and dealer prices
Antimony: Mid-mkt US$13,500.00/t
Fortune, Posco to hook up
To advance its Mount Klappan anthracite coal project in northwest B.C., Fortune Minerals (FT-T) is partnering with South Korean steelmaker Posco.
Joe Conway to lead combined Northgate and Primero
Only a year after Joe Conway took the helm at Primero Mining (P-T), the former Iamgold (IMG-T, IAG-N) president and CEO is set for another big change.
Market news
Toronto Stock Exchange
Spot prices
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Editorial: Chileans tire of Piera
Chile’s mining sector was rocked by a 24-hour walkout in mid-July by unionized workers at state-owned Codelco, the world’s largest copper miner. It’s the first countrywide strike at Codelco in 18 years.
LME warehouse levels
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, July 18, 2011 (change from July 11 in brackets):
Commentary: Goldcorp-Cree agreement sets a precedent
For the first time since the Agreement Respecting a New Relationship Between the Cree Nation and the Government of Quebec (the Peace of the Braves) was signed in 2002, a major collaboration agreement was concluded in February 2011 between a…
Suppliers news
Stewart Group beefs up capacity
People
Alamos Gold – Leonard Harris retired as a director.