Atlas Copco aquires Hartl Powercrusher
Mining equipment supplier Atlas Copco has entered the crushing and screening business with its recent acquisition of Hartl Powercrusher. The expanded company now offers a wide range of track-mounted m…
2010
Bouwa Whee gets Diavik contract
Bouwa Whee has taken over the contract to provide catering, accommodation, housekeeping, maintenance and camp management services for Rio Tinto and Harry Winston Diamond’s Diavik project in the Northw…
TORONTO STOCK EXCHANGE -Aug. 30-Sept. 3
Positive economic data from the U.S. had investors less afraid of the dreaded double-dip recession and the TSX composite index partook in that new optimism as it climbed from 265 points to finish the …
TSX VENTURE EXCHANGE -Aug. 30-Sept. 3
In a clear end to the summer doldrums the S&P TSX Venture composite index gained ground every day over the Aug. 30-Sept. 3 trading period, adding 77.11 points to reach 1,565.96. Daily trading volu…
U.S. MARKETS -Aug. 30-Sept. 3
The U.S. unemployment rate in August increased a tenth of a point to 9.6%, but a bigger-than-expected rise of 67,000 in private payrolls moderated the gloom somewhat during the Aug. 30-Sept. 3 trading…
SPOT PRICES (September 13, 2010)
COURTE SY OF SCOTIABANK
LME WAREHOUSE LEVELS (September 13, 2010)
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, Sept. 6, 2010 (change from Aug. 31 in brackets):
INTERNATIONAL QUOTES (September 13, 2010)
Australia (A$) Aug 24 Aug 17 Change Aquila Resources 8.3 8.69 -0.39 Bendigo Mining 0.18 0.18 0.00 Centennial Coal 6.03 6.04 -0.01 Fortescue Res 4.50 4.56 -0.06 Iluka …
EXCHANGE RATES (September 13, 2010)
CANADIAN/U. S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate) Date Sept 6 Sept 3 Sept 2 Sept 1 Aug 31 US$ in C$ Holiday 1.0411 1.0520 1.0497 1.0639 C$ in US$ Holiday 0.9605 0.9506 0.9527 0.93…
Darnley Bay’s Arctic anomaly shows potential
Leon La Prairie says he has his old friend Hank Vuori to thank for discovering an anomaly in the Canadian Arctic that La Prairie firmly believes could be the next Sudbury basin or even Olympic Dam.
Positive economics, more resource at Bracemac-McLeod
Nearly two months after Xstrata (XTA-L, XSRAF-O) announced it would start building the Bracemac-McLeod deposit into a zinc mine near Matagami, Que., with jointventure partner Donner Metals (DON-V), th…
Panoro awaits US$4M cheque from Centauro
While results from Panoro Minerals’ (PML-V) infill drilling program at the Antilla copper-molybdenum project in Peru were in line with company expectations, the behaviour of its Peruvian joint-venture…