Cap-Ex focuses on Labrador iron
With several recent high-profile iron ore acquisitions in Eastern Canada, Cap-Ex Ventures (CEV-V) has picked an opportune time to re-launch as a Labrador Trough-focused exploration company.
Volume 97 Number 9 Apr 18 - 24, 2011
Resource Capital rides commodities bull market
You could say Ross Bhappu has the cactus ferruginous pygmy owl to thank for Resource Capital Fund’s foray into rare earths and its wildly successful investment in Molycorp (MCP-N).
Five perspectives on oilsands closure
Much of the discussion these days around oilsands extraction in Alberta has focused on what the area can and should look like after closure.
Market News (April 18, 2011)
Toronto Stock Exchange
Spot prices (April 18, 2011)
Tuesday, Apr. 12, 2011
Murenbeeld debunks gold myths (April 18, 2011)
One of the gold community’s most trusted economist, Martin Murenbeeld, made a stop in Toronto on April 4 to dispel what he says, are some of the looming myths around gold prices.
LME warehouse levels (April 18, 2011)
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, Apr. 11, 2011 (change from Apr. 4 in brackets):
Molycorp acquires REE processor in Estonia
Molycorp (MCP-N) has bought one of only two rare-earth processing facilities in Europe.
Gov’ts squeeze mining companies
With miners and their associates having been given a free hand for much of the past decade, one trend of the new decade is a renewed willingness on the behalf of national governments to step in and get involved in the high-level decisions of…
Leonard Cunningham
Leonard Joseph (Len) Cunningham passed away in his home on April 5. He was 91.
Producer and dealer prices (April 18, 2011)
Antimony: Mid-mkt US$16,900/t
Daily metal prices (April 18, 2011)
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