U.S. Markets February 20-26
Stock markets in the United States eased off during the period Feb. 20-26, with the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index down 6.17 points, or 0.4%, at 1,449.37, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average off 1%….
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LME Warehouse Levels (March 05, 2007)
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, Feb. 26, 2006 (change from Feb. 19 in brackets):
North American Stock Exchange Indices (March 05, 2007)
Date Feb. 26 Feb. 23 Feb. 22 Feb. 21 Feb. 20 High Low S&P/TSX-Ven Comp 3274.64 3229.97 3191.72 3136.63 3124.15 3309.90 2291.43 TSX Composite 13404.46 13343.53 13317.98 13330.28 13319.65 13433.01…
International Quotes (March 05, 2007)
Australia (A$) Feb 26 Feb 19 Change Bendigo Mining 0.35 0.35 0.00 Centamin Egypt 0.98 0.95 0.03 Croesus Mining 0.28 0.28 0.00 Emperor Mines 0.10 0.10 0.00 Kingsgate Cons. 3.96…
Exchange Rates (March 05, 2007)
CANADIAN/U.S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate)
Ontario nickel projects advance
Nickel projects in northern Ontario seem to be proceeding nicely, defying the predictions of doom vented before the takeovers of Inco and Falconbridge.
Dividends (March 05, 2007)
Company Div.($) Pay Date Record Date Phelps Dodge 0.20* Mar 2 Feb 16 Randgold 0.10 Mar 8 Feb 16 Falconbridge pf2 f Mar 12 Feb 28 Falconbridge pf2 0.286 Mar…
Debate ramps up as Northern Dynasty’s Pebble grows
Vancouver — Northern Dynasty Minerals (NDM-V, NAK-X) says its huge Pebble project in southwestern Alaska now ranks as the world’s second-largest porphyry copper-gold deposit, and could get even large…
Lending Rates (March 05, 2007)
as of 9 a.m. ET, Feb. 26, 2007(%)
How to get the right satellite map
Many mineral exploration properties are located in relatively inaccessible areas. These areas generally are poorly mapped, and the maps are outdated or difficult to acquire. An essential tool for a ge…
Freegold advances Almaden
SITE VISIT Weiser, Idaho — A buoyant bullion price coupled with past engineering studies has Freegold Ventures’ (ITF-T, FGOVF-O) recently revitalized management team convinced its Almaden gold project in west-central…
Basin bulk up
Two joint ventures in two weeks with the two giants of the uranium world have lifted Purepoint Uranium Group (PTU-V, PUMGF-O) above the host of other junior exploration companies vying for market atte…