(11 March 2010)
CAPE Lambert Resources has ditched the proposed listing of Lady Annie spin-off Q Copper in favour of selling the Queensland project to a potential Asian buyer for around $A150 million. - more 
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(11 March 2010)
PERHAPS we’ve been blinded by the high-grade glister abroad. The Outcrop by Robin Bromby - more
(11 March 2010)
CAPE Lambert Resources has ditched the proposed listing of Lady Annie spin-off Q Copper in favour of selling the Queensland project to a potential Asian buyer for around $A150 million. - more
(11 March 2010)
IN his introduction to the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada convention, PDAC president Jon Baird ramped up the organisation's opposition to the C-300 bill that is being considered in Canada's Parliament. By Mining Journal’s Dominic Mercer - more
(11 March 2010)
DUAL-listed Equinox Resources has initiated studies to increase the throughput rate at its Lumwana copper operation in Zambia to more than 30 million tonnes per annum and is continuing offtake and financial talks on a possible uranium stream.
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(11 March 2010)
EXCALIBUR Mining Corporation says preliminary findings of an independent review of resources at its Juno deposit at Tennant Creek have pointed to a likely substantial downgrade in indicated resources. - more
(11 March 2010)
STRONG demand from Asia, including Japan, the Republic of Korea and China, pushed Australia’s exports of iron ore and coal to record levels in the December 2009 quarter.
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(11 March 2010)
ST Barbara is looking to production of up to 275,000 ounces from its expanded Leonora Operations from 2011 after approving development of the King of the Hills underground project.
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(11 March 2010)
CITIC Pacific Mining has signed an agreement with Skywest Airlines for a scheduled airline service between Perth and Karratha for workers at the massive Sino Iron project at Cape Preston.
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(11 March 2010)
AUSTRALIA’S rare earth element-focused Arafura Resources is heading off to the United States next week. - more
(10 March 2010)
ALLIED Gold has provided GR Engineering Services with a letter of intent to award it the engineering, procurement and construction contract for the Gold Ridge project in the Solomon Islands. - more
(10 March 2010)
AFTER eight sessions of gains, the local market closed flat today thanks to weaker-than-expected economic data and a sell-off among the major miners. - more
(10 March 2010)
SHARES in copper hopeful Cudeco jumped 15% today on news the company is in China and in discussion with parties over its flagship Rocklands project. - more
(10 March 2010)
AS part of its Pilbara Cities vision, the Western Australian State Government has today released the draft Karratha Revitalisation Plan and announced a new workers’ camp will be built in the town to ease the high demand for accommodation.
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(10 March 2010)
NEW high-grade results from the Hera gold and base metals deposit in New South Wales have the potential to significantly grow resources, YTC Resources chief executive Rimas Kairaitis says.
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(10 March 2010)
KORAB Resources has delivered a 29% increase in the inferred resource at its Bungarra deposit, part of its Melrose gold project in Western Australia’s Eastern Goldfields region.
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(10 March 2010)
NEW South Wales explorer Kimberley Metals is gearing up programs to confirm the viability of a mine development at the Pearse deposit and justify re-commissioning the Mineral Hill processing plant after reporting a series of high-grade hits.
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(10 March 2010)
GUNSON Resources managing director David Harley has met with potential funding and offtake partners in London as he advances the company’s namesake project in South Australia towards a 2012 start-up. - more
(10 March 2010)
ONLY days after responding to concerns about its funding arrangements, Australasian Resources has received final state government environmental approval for its Balmoral South iron ore project in the Pilbara.
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(10 March 2010)
JUST months after merging with Warwick Resources, Pilbara miner Atlas Iron and magnetite hopeful Aurox Resources have agreed to a friendly merger, with the deal being sealed over a beer before the AC/DC concert in Perth on Saturday night. - more
(10 March 2010)
EXPLORATION spending by Australian resource companies is back on the rise, in another sign of growing confidence in the local mining sector. New Australian Bureau of Statistics figures show that total exploration spending is rising, particularly in greenfield areas. - more
(10 March 2010)
IRON ore is tipped to settle on a quarterly basis as BHP Billiton avoids annual contracts for coking coal. Mine Life senior resources analyst Gavin Wendt and Patersons Securities coal analyst Andrew Harrington look into the ramifications. - more
(10 March 2010)
CENTURION Transport, which draws a huge part of its business from the resources sector, has officially opened its new $A40 million supply base. Supply Side by Noel Dyson - more
(10 March 2010)
GOLD hopeful Adamus Resources is seeking to boost its coffers by up to $A30.5 million through a capital raising to accelerate exploration at its flagship Southern Ashanti project in Ghana. - more
(10 March 2010)
EQUINOX Minerals has cleared the existing debt facilities hanging over the Lumwana copper mine in Zambia, having achieved financial close of its new $US400 million ($A437.4 million) corporate loan facility. - more
(10 March 2010)
GOLDEN West says it could be producing gold from its Wiluna West project by the end of the year, after upgrading resource estimates at the project today. - more
| Commodities
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| Copper - Cash |
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7406.25 |
-69.00 |
-0.92 |
7475.25 |
| Copper - 3Mth |
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7440.00 |
-70.00 |
-0.93 |
7510.00 |
| Lead - Cash |
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2262.75 |
44.50 |
2.01 |
2218.25 |
| Lead - 3Mth |
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2289.00 |
44.00 |
1.96 |
2245.00 |
| Zinc - Cash |
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2347.75 |
1.50 |
0.06 |
2346.25 |
| Zinc - 3Mth |
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2376.00 |
1.00 |
0.04 |
2375.00 |
| Aluminum - Cash |
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2201.90 |
-25.85 |
-1.16 |
2227.75 |
| Aluminum 3Mth |
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2232.00 |
-26.00 |
-1.15 |
2258.00 |
| Nickel - Cash |
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21445.00 |
-730.00 |
-3.29 |
22175.00 |
| Nickel - 3Mth |
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21520.00 |
-730.00 |
-3.28 |
22250.00 |
| Tin - Cash |
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17675.00 |
196.00 |
1.12 |
17479.00 |
| Tin - 3Mth |
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17750.00 |
200.00 |
1.14 |
17550.00 |
| Gold - Apr 10 |
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1108.20 |
-14.10 |
-1.26 |
1122.30 |
| Silver - May 10 |
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17.31 |
-0.03 |
-0.16 |
17.34 |
| Copper - May 10 |
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336.90 |
-4.25 |
-1.25 |
341.15 |
| Platinum - Apr 10 |
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1590.20 |
-6.70 |
-0.42 |
1596.90 |
| Palladium - Jun 10 |
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464.65 |
-4.65 |
-0.99 |
469.30 |
| Gold (AM Fix) |
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1124.50 |
4.50 |
0.40 |
1120.00 |
| Gold (PM Fix) |
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1120.50 |
4.75 |
0.43 |
1115.75 |
| Silver (Fix) |
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11.35 |
-0.15 |
-1.27 |
11.49 |
| WTI Spot |
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82.13 |
0.83 |
1.02 |
81.30 |
| Light Crude - Apr 10 |
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82.08 |
0.59 |
0.72 |
81.49 |
| $A/$US |
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0.9152 |
0.001 |
0.11 |
0.9142 |
| STG/$US |
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1.4979 |
-0.0016 |
-0.11 |
1.4994 |
| Euro/$US |
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1.3656 |
0.0057 |
0.42 |
1.3599 |
| Euro/$A |
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1.4922 |
0.0043 |
0.29 |
1.4878 |
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TABLE: Wednesday, March 11 2010, 12:00AM GMT
Most Popular Stories
(10 March 2010)
JUST months after merging with Warwick Resources, Pilbara miner Atlas Iron and magnetite hopeful Aurox Resources have agreed to a friendly merger, with the deal being sealed over a beer before the AC/DC concert in Perth on Saturday night. - more
(9 March 2010)
AMID the death spasms of the iron ore benchmark system, a surprise package has emerged – premium-priced Australian magnetite. What is a tonne of magnetite concentrate worth? The Metal Detective, By Stephen Bell - more
(8 March 2010)
TAX and banking seem remote topics when it comes to discussing mining. They’re not, as Dryblower will explain as he explores a curious phenomena known as “tax arbitrage”, an unfair financial advantage to be gained by setting up shop in Switzerland. - more
(9 March 2010)
AFTER nine years of litigation, Hancock Prospecting has lost its share of the Rhodes Ridge iron ore deposit in the Pilbara, with the Western Australian Supreme Court ruling in favour of the children of late minerals prospector Peter Wright. - more
(8 March 2010)
IN recent weeks Strictly Boardroom has revealed annualised shareholder returns for ASX-listed copper, gold, nickel and zinc companies. You guessed the subject for this week. Here comes a comparable analysis for uranium. Allan Trench lists the top-performing uranium juniors ranked by share price gain over the past year. - more
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