TSX plummets from high
Slumping energy and metal stocks dragged the Toronto Stock Exchange down nearly 5% to 11,519.49 points during the Feb. 7-13 report period. Profit-taking and fund-selling helped gold drop US$20.45 per…
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Suppliers Roundup (February 20, 2006)
Capital Gold sees Sinergia in Mexico…
BacTech swaps shares for debt (February 20, 2006)
Restructuring bug wrangler
Commodities market a mixed bag
There are three very distinct commodities stories currently in progress. The first is the continued capacity constraints within industries that exhibit long supply lags, and where investment has been…
Nichromet’s Ricardo Valls rises to life’s challenges — and nickel’s
Three years after the Bre-X scandal and subsequent decline of the mining industry, geologist Ricardo Valls found himself standing at the edge of a subway platform….
Royal Gold sets revenue record
Vancouver — After raking in royalty revenue of US$7.6 million in the latest fiscal quarter,
Metals drop prompts junior board correction
After climbing for almost three straight months, the TSX Venture Composite Index reversed course and closed the Feb. 7-13 trading session down 166.68 points or 6.4% at 2,439.81. Average daily trading…
Gateway finally produces gold resource
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People (February 20, 2006)
Miners whacked in US
Energy and resource commodities have been on a tear for most of the past year, so the correction that transpired on global markets over the report period ended Feb. 13 was overdue and likely expected…
Editorial: Bernanke era begins at the Fed
The esoteric world of monetary history turned a page on Feb. 1, 2006, with the swearing in of Ben Bernanke as the new chairman of the Board of Governors of the United States Federal Reserve, or “the F…
Greystar’s Felder sees better way for juniors
In the early part of the decade,