Timmins Gold starts up San Francisco mine
Timmins Gold (TMM-V) has started commercial production at the San Francisco gold mine, a past-producing open-pit heap-leach operation in the Arizona-Sonora Desert in the northern portion of the Mexica…
Volume 96 Number 12 - May 10 - 16, 2010
PEOPLE (May 10, 2010)
Alcoa– Klaus Kleinfeld appointed chairman and CEO replacing Alain Belda, who retired; Judith Gueron appointed lead director; Arthur Collins elected a director; Jim Owens named chairman of the audit c…
Volta Resources pulls golden core from Kiaka
VANCOUVER — A drill program aimed at defining a maiden resource at the Kiaka project in Burkina Faso continues to produce near-surface lengths of gold mineralization for Volta Resources (VTR-T).
Tax news wallops Aussie miners
Australia arguably slipped from being a pro-mining country to an anti-mining one in early May, as the left-leaning federal government there unveiled sweeping plans to change the island nation into one…
Taking stock of Quebec’s new mining taxes
The Quebec Finance Minister Raymond Bachand’s budget on March 30, 2010, significantly revamped the Quebec mining duty regime with a view to mitigating the provincial deficit.
SPOT PRICES (May 10, 2010)
COURTESY OF SCOTIABANK
LME WAREHOUSE LEVELS (May 10, 2010)
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, May 4, 2010 (change from Apr. 27 in brackets):
PRODUCER AND DEALER PRICES (May 10, 2010)
Antimony: Mid-mkt US$9,033.33/t.
DAILY METAL PRICES (May 10, 2010)
Date May 3 Apr. 30 Apr. 29 Apr. 28 Apr. 27 BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne) Al Alloy Holiday 2026/2060 2010/2050 1925/1960 2100/2140 …
CANADIAN GOLD MUTUAL FUNDS (May 10, 2010)
*as of Jan. 31/10
NORTH AMERICAN STOCK EXCHANGE INDICES (May 10, 2010)
52-week Date May 3 Apr. 30 Apr. 29 Apr. 28 Apr. 27 High Low S&P/TSX-Ven Comp 1665.41 1673.80 1659.99 1660.35 1658.49 1691.10 1010.17 TSX Composite 12196.51 12210.70 12200.32 12076.84 12146.74…
TSX SHORT POSITIONS (May 10, 2010)
Short positions outstanding at Apr. 15/10 (with changes from Mar. 31/10).