The June 29-July 5 trading period was quiet, owing to the July 4th celebrations, which closed the markets on Monday, July 5. The Dow Jones industrial average dropped 74.26 points to 10,282.38 while the S&P 500 index slipped 7.97 points to 1,125.38…
A fire at one of four solvent-extraction plants at Phelps Dodge’s Morenci copper mine in Arizona curtailed production for four days during the report period ended Oct. 21. The fire severely damaged fo…
One of the highlights of the report period ended Oct. 6 was the tabling of a prefeasibility study of Colorado-based Canyon Resources’ 10.9-million-oz. McDonald gold project in Montana, which has been …
Alcoa — William Christopher appointed executive VP and group president for Alcoa Aerospace, Automotive and Commercial Transportation; Paul Thomas appointed VP of Alcoa and president of North American…
Precious MetalsPrice (US$/oz.)ChangeGold$317.50+$0.35Silver$ 4.50+$0.02…
Don’t panic.On the morning of Wednesday, June 26, in the wake of the latest example of gross U.S. corporate misgovernance, it would have taken a brave person to bet on base metals markets ending the w…
DateMay 21May 20May 17May 16May 15HighLowTSX Composite7688.31Holiday7727.037738.117706.
DateMay 14May 13May 10May 9May 8HighLowTSX Composite7716.917661.407596.067632.267707.82…
After a week (Jan. 28-Feb. 1) which saw copper move from severe vulnerability to the strongest technical close in more than six months and aluminum climb above US$1,400 per tonne, the base metals comp…
Despite fresh production cuts in zinc and copper (in byproduct form), base metals prices continued to trend lower during the report period Oct. 29-Nov. 2, dominated by poor economic data out of the U….
The extent to which the world has changed since the events of Sept. 11 was made more clear when the base metals industry gathered for LME Week (Oct. 22-26), a major event in the metals calendar year. …
Metals prices turned in another poor performance during the report period Sept. 24-28 as fears over the global economic outlook intensified. Of the major London Metal Exchange metals, nickel and zinc …
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