Metals, mining and money markets
SPOT PRICESCourtesy of ScotiaBankTuesday, July 10, 2012 Precious MetalsPrice…
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Short position reports
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Bannerman Resources — Mason Hills retired as a director; Ian Burvill appointed a director.Brazil Resources — Victor Jamarillo appointed technical director; Paulo Espellet appointed senior geologist.Forsys Metals — Rowen…
Exchange rates
EXCHANGE RATES CANADIAN/U.S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate) Date July 16 July 13 July 12 July 11 July 10 US$ in C 1.0157 1.0151 1.0214 1.0195 1.0203 …
NovaGold narrows focus on Donlin
NovaGold Resources (NG-T, NG-X) bounced off 52-week lows after announcing it had achieved a number of milestones on the road to developing its Donlin gold project northeast of Anchorage, Alaska. Donlin is one of the largest potential gold…
Cline hit hard by falling coal demand, suspends New Elk ops
Global economic woes stemming from the Euro crisis and slowing industrial activity in some of the world’s largest economies are taking a toll on coal producers, with Toronto-based developer Cline Mining (CMK-T) halting operations at its…
Editorial: A world o’ hurt
Life is full of ebbs and flows, expansions and contractions, and the mining industry is part of that cyclical stream. Right now Canada’s intrepid mining industry and its breathtaking, optimism-fuelled expansion into most of the…
BCSC questions Barkerville’s mega resource
The British Columbia Securities Commission has raised concerns about a 10.6-million-oz. gold resource estimate that Barkerville Gold Mines (BGM-V) released on June 28.The concerns, based on a draft technical report supplied to the BCSC,…
Toronto Stock Exchange
The S&P/TSX Composite Index rallied late in the period but finished lower than where it began, shedding 145 points to 11,514.53. After a six-day losing streak the index rebounded on July 13 owing to speculation that China would stimulate…
TSX Venture Exchange
After enjoying a brief early week rally during the trading period, The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index pared gains, closing down 2%, or 24.4 points, at 1,184.25. Uncertainty surrounding the eurozone crisis and weak jobs data in the U.S….
US market
The S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average erased losses for the week in the last hour of trading as better-than-expected economic data from China lifted investor sentiment. The country clocked year-on-year growth of 7.6% during the…
NovaCopper hits the ground running in Alaska
VANCOUVER — Newly-minted NovaCopper (NCQ-T, NCQ-X) has grand ambitions for its Upper Kobuk project in Alaska’s prolific Ambler mining district, and the company is off to a quick start with a US$16.5-million exploration program and…