The Wall Street Journal 02-Jan-2009
By Carolyn Cui
The wild gyrations in commodities last year were a brutal reminder of how volatile and dicey this market can be, especially when the economy turns sour.
It was a classic boom-to-bust cycle. Prices that seemed to defy gravity in the first half had trouble finding a floor later in the [...]

Gold N.Y. Spot $ 853.00
Silver N.Y. Spot $ 11.10
Lead LME Cash $ 0.4286
Copper LME Cash $ 1.3086
Zinc LME Cash $ 0.4835
Nickel LME Spot $ 4.29
Aluminum LME Spot $ 0.6486
Platinum N.Y. Spot [...]

Gold N.Y. Spot $ 869.40
Silver N.Y. Spot $ 11.42
Lead LME Cash $ 0.4384
Copper LME Cash $ 1.3594
Zinc LME Cash $ 0.4740
Nickel LME Spot $ 4.40
Aluminum LME Spot $ 0.6489
Platinum N.Y. Spot [...]

Gold N.Y. Spot $ 836.55
Silver N.Y. Spot $ 10.52
Lead LME Cash $ 0.4604
Copper LME Cash $ 1.3948
Zinc LME Cash $ 0.4822
Nickel LME Spot $ 4.58
Aluminum LME Spot $ 0.6536
Platinum N.Y. Spot [...]

The Globe and Mail, p. B12 378 words 12-Dec-2008
By Allan Robinson
The U.S. dollar tumbled yesterday between 1 and 4.7 per cent against the world’s major currencies and that could be good for U.S.-dollar-denominated commodity prices.
The main beneficiary of the swing during the past few days has been gold, which is once again trading above $800 [...]

Gold N.Y. Spot $ 804.20
Silver N.Y. Spot $ 10.11
Lead LME Cash $ 0.4400
Copper LME Cash $ 1.4424
Zinc LME Cash $ 0.4940
Nickel LME Spot $ 4.23
Aluminum LME Spot $ 0.6632
Platinum N.Y. Spot [...]

Gold N.Y. Spot $ 747.20
Silver N.Y. Spot $ 09.27
Lead LME Cash $ 0.4148
Copper LME Cash $ 1.3835
Zinc LME Cash $ 0.4971
Nickel LME Spot $ 4.11
Aluminum LME Spot $ 0.6554
Platinum N.Y. Spot [...]

John Morrissy, Canwest News Service
Published: Thursday, November 27, 2008
OTTAWA - Commodity prices are falling at their fastest pace in decades, cutting a swath through the economy as tumbling crude puts Alberta oilsands projects on ice and crashing base metal prices shutter mines across the country.
Scotiabank reported Thursday its monthly commodity price index fell 16.6 per [...]

Creamer Media’s Mining Weekly 30-Oct-2008
By: Martin Creamer
Gold production was “in crisis” and a gold price of $900-to-$1 000/oz was needed to arrest the downward trend, AngloGold Ashanti CEO Mark Cutifani said on Thursday.
Cutifani said that the world had seen a decline in the production of gold across the globe in the past seven years, and [...]

The Globe and Mail, p. B5 580 words 31-Oct-2008
Barrick founder says the precious metal has not behaved as expected during the financial crisis but that its time to shine is coming
By Andy Hoffman, MINING REPORTER
The global financial meltdown should have settled the long-standing debate between gold bugs who consider bullion the ultimate store of value [...]