SilverCrest Mines takes two steps forward at Santa Elena
SilverCrest Mines (SVL-V, STVZF-O) has checked off two more boxes on its “to-do” list before it can move its Sant…
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Chinese zirconium play lists on the TSX
Rock samples taken from several Apollo space missions suggest that zirconium is found in higher concentrations on t…
More gold for Aquila
Aquila Resources (AQA-T) got a slight lift from drills testing a porphyry deposit at its Back Forty project in Mich…
Liberty plans scoping study for Hart
Liberty Mines( LBE-T) has released its first resource estimate for its Hart nickel project, near Timmins, Ont.
Young-Davidson results upbeat for Northgate
VANCOUVER–After a preliminary economic assessment found its Young-Davidson gold project in Ontario just economic, Northgate Minerals (NGX-T, NGX-X) released a set of drill results from the project su…
AngloGold buys Sao Bento mine
VANCOUVER– AngloGold Ashanti (AU-N, AGD-L) will get Eldorado Gold’s (ELD-T, EGO-X)Sao Bento mine in Brazil, now on care and maintenance, for US$70 million worth of AngloGold shares tradable on the Ne…
TORONTO STOCK EXCHANGE AUG. 5-11
Mining stocks dragged the TSX Composite Index down 2.2% or 293.34 points to 12,203.19 over the Aug. 5-11 trading period. As commodity prices continued to weaken, the losses in the resource-dominant be…
TSX VENTURE EXCHANGE AUG. 5-11
The S&P-TSX Venture Composite Index continued its slide over the Aug. 5-11 trading session. Red closes far overshadowed a single six-point gain, leaving the board to close down 222.76 points at 2,…
LME WAREHOUSE LEVELS (August 18, 2008)
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, August 12, 2008 (change from August 5 in brackets):
SPOT PRICES (August 18, 2008)
COURTESY OF SCOTIABANK
PRODUCER AND DEALER PRICES (August 18, 2008)
Antimony: Mid-mkt US$6,300.00/t.
Miners sidestep Olympic hurdles
Inadequate coal supplies for Chinese power plants means industrial customers are facing power rationing in order to ensure enough electricity for the Olympic Games.