Citi cuts commodity forecasts for 2009-10
Citi Investment Research has lowered some of its commodity price forecasts due to the U.S. financial crisis, slowin…
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Robert Friedland calls copper the “real gold”
Describing many of the world’s current copper projects as “old ladies waiting in bed to die,” Robert Friedland, chi…
Iamgold in takeover bid for Euro Ressources
Gold miner Iamgold (IMG-T, IAG-N) has launched an all-cash bid to take over gold royalty company Euro Ressources (E…
Market jitters set off gold-buying frenzy
The phones have been ringing off the hook at Blanchard & Co., the biggest bullion dealer in the United States as investors buy up gold coins and bars like never before amidst the market meltdown.
U. S. MARKETS – SEPTEMBER 23-29
You can run but you can’t hide. The defeat of a US$700-billion bailout plan in Congress on Monday Sept. 29 sent the Dow Jones Industrial Average into a tailspin — down 777.68 points to 10,365.45 — a…
TORONTO STOCK EXCHANGE – SEPTEMBER 23-29
Trouble south of the border brought the TSX Composite Index down to worrisome depths over the Sept. 23-29 trading period. The index lost a total of 1,353 points, but most of the decline came on a reco…
TSX VENTURE EXCHANGE – SEPTEMBER 23-29
The first four days of the Sept. 23-29 trading session on the S&P-TSX Venture Exchange were relatively quiet. But then on another Monday that will long be remembered, the exchange dove 133.61 poin…
Alexandria gives up Joanna gold project to Aurizon
As Alexandria Minerals (AZX-V, ALXDF-o) gears up for its next 10,000-metre drilling expedition, the company is cashing in on its Joannes Twp. claims by optioning the property to Aurizon Mines (ARZ-T, …
Trevali proving potential at past-producing Santander
Vancouver — The Santander silver- lead-zinc project in Peru continues torepay Trevali Resources’ (TV-C, TREVF-o) investment with strong drill intercepts, encouraging grab samples, and inexpensive ave…
BC revives northern power line project
Vancouver — British Columbia Premier Gordon Campbell has resuscitated the Northwest Transmission Line (NTL), a project that would see at least 335 km of new, 287-kilovolt, power lines extended into t…
Royalty companies trumpet their low-cost model
Managing a royalty company these days is like running a MASH unit, Douglas Silver, chairman and chief executive of International Royalty Corp. (IRC-T, ROY-x) told analysts and investors at the recent …
PRODUCER AND DEALER PRICES (October 06, 2008)
Antimony: Mid-mkt US$6,383.33/t.