PEOPLE (May 24, 2010)
Alcoa — Meg McDonald resigned as Alcoa Foundation president; Paula Davis appointed Alcoa Foundation president.
Volume 96 Number 14 - May 24 - 30, 2010
SPOT PRICES (May 24, 2010)
COURTESY OF SCOTIABANK
Barrick boasts record Q1 profit
Higher production and sales, lower cash costs and strong gold and copper prices pushed up Barrick Gold’s (ABX-T, ABX-N) adjusted first quarter net income by 149% to US$741 million (US75¢ per shar…
Sabina discovers new gold zone at Back River (May 24, 2010)
VANCOUVER — Llama Lake started 2010 as a low-priority exploration target for Sabina Gold & Silver (SBB-T) but has now become the prime focus of drilling after the company pulled high-grade gold i…
LME WAREHOUSE LEVELS (May 24, 2010)
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, May 18, 2010 (change from May 11 in brackets):
Gold shines as euro crumbles
Mid-May saw a cooling off of the overheated gold markets, with the spot gold price pulling back from its nominal all-time record highs above US$1,240 per oz. and consolidating for the short-term above…
BC mining industry robust in 2009: PwC report
VANCOUVER — The mining industry in British Columbia kept healthy last year despite a sharp drop in coal shipments and prices, according to the latest survey of the industry by PricewaterhouseCoopers …
PRODUCER AND DEALER PRICES (May 24, 2010)
Antimony: Mid-mkt US$9,366.66/t.
DAILY METAL PRICES (May 24, 2010)
Date May 17 May 14 May 13 May 12 May 11 BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne) Al Alloy 1901/1925 1986/2015 1960/1990 1975/2010 1920/1950 A…
NORTH AMERICAN STOCK EXCHANGE INDICES (May 24, 2010)
52-week Date May 17 May 14 May 13 May 12 May 11 High Low S&P/TSX-Ven Comp 1554.67 1593.11 1609.91 1625.73 1612.58 1691.10 1027.29 TSX Composite 11813.00 12014.93 12116.59 12195.97 12000.61…
CANADIAN GOLD MUTUAL FUNDS (May 24, 2010)
Featured Fund: AGF Precious Metals (US$) as of 08/31/09 (in weighted order): Goldcorp, Kinross Gold, Iamgold, Central Fund of Canada, Agnico-Eagle Mines, Inmet Mining, Eldorado Gold, Randgold, Osisko …
TSX SHORT POSITIONS (May 24, 2010)
Short positions outstanding at Apr. 30/10 (with changes from Apr. 15/10).