CVRD buys Aussie coal miner
Iron ore giant Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (RIO-N) has bought coal company AMCI Holdings Australia for $769 million.
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Canadian Gold Mutual Funds (March 19, 2007)
Fund name Mar.12($) Mar.5($) Change($) Change(%) YTD(%) MER*(%) Assets*(M$) AGF Pr Mtl 27.41 29.75 -2.34 -7.9 2.5 2.63 556 Altamira Pr & Str Mtl 12.82 13.98 -1.16 -8.3 -1.1 2.67…
International Quotes (March 19, 2007)
Australia (A$) Mar 12 Mar 5 Change Bendigo Mining 0.28 0.31 -0.03 Centamin Egypt 0.98 0.92 0.06 Croesus Mining 0.28 0.28 0.00 Emperor Mines 0.09 0.09 0.00 Kingsgate Cons. 4016.00…
Zinifex shaves Wolfden bid
The bid for Wolfden Resources (WLF-T, WLFFF-O) by Australian zinc producer Zinifex (ZFEXF-O, ZFX-A) will see an extended exclusive negotiation period, following discussions between the two companies.
PDAC sends Bill Dennis award to The Rock
Allan Keats was careful to thank those who matter most when he took the podium as a representative of Newfoundland and Labrador’s Keats-Stares clan, and winner of the Bill Dennis Prospector of the Yea…
Trigon to acquire six Utah uranium mines (March 19, 2007)
Vancouver — Broadening its foray into the uranium field, the recently renamed Trigon Uranium (TEL-V, TELWF-O) is moving to grab six past-producing uranium mines in the White Canyon mining district of…
Murgor sizes up Hudvam, Fon
Montreal-based Murgor Resources (MUG-V, MUGRF-O) has received preliminary resource figures for the Hudvam and Fon massive-sulphide deposits near Flin Flon, Man., from its consultants.
Spot Prices Courtesy Of Scotiabank Tuesday, March 12, 2007
Precious Metals Price (US$/oz.) Change Gold $650.50 +5.90 Silver $12.92 -0.02 Platinum $1207.00 +18.00 Palladium $351.00 +7.00 Base Metals Price (US$/lb.) Change Nickel $21.13 +1.87 Lead $0.85 +0.02 Copper $2.80…
TSX Venture Exchange March 6-12
Demonstrating some resilience to the recent Asian stock market flu, the S&P-TSX Venture Composite Index gained back more than half the ground lost the previous week over the March 6-12 trading ses…
U.S. Markets March 6-12
Stock markets south of the line made good gains during the reporting period March 6-12, as the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index rose 32.48 points, or 2.4%, to 1,406.60.
LME Warehouse Levels (March 19, 2007)
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, March 12, 2007 (change from March 5 in brackets):
Aurogin, Morgain to merge
Two Latin American-focused Canadian gold juniors, Aurogin Resources (AUQ-V, AROG-O) and Morgain Minerals (MGM-V, MGIMF-O), are teaming up via a friendly “merger of equals.”