Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Severe human rights violations, including murder, rape and forced labour, have taken place in the diamond fields of Marange, Zimbabwe. Recent reports from Human Rights Watch (HRW) indicate that these …

SUPPLIERS NEWS

African Aura Mining — Boris Granovsky appointed a non-executive director.

The TSX Venture Exchange index fell 2.4%, or 36.91 points, over the Jan. 26-Feb. 1 trading period to 1,509.94 points.

COURTESY OF SCOTIABANK

Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, February 2, 2010 (change from Jan. 26 in brackets):

*as of Dec. 31/09

52-week Date Feb. 1 Jan. 29 Jan. 28 Jan. 27 Jan. 26 High Low S&P/TSX-Ven Comp 1509.94 1492.15 1501.80 1509.38 1534.11 1628.72 809.03 TSX Composite 11317.55 11094.31 11274.20 11344.11 11361.19…

Short positions outstanding at Dec. 31/09 (with changes from Dec. 15/09).

Note:Freeport McMoRan Copper & Gold will pay $0.60* div with the first payment of $0.15* paid on Feb. 1, 2010.Cameco is increasing its annual div to 28 cents per sahre from 26 cents. Alcoa pays qr…

as of 9 a.m. ET. Feb. 1, 2009 (%) Bank of Canada 0.50 Target overnight rate 0.25 Canadian Prime 2.25 U.S. Discount Primary 0.50 U.S. Fed Funds market rate 0-0.25 U.S. Prime 3.2…

CANADIAN/U. S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate) Date Feb. 1 Jan. 29 Jan. 28 Jan. 27 Jan. 26 US$ in C$ 1.0653 1.0650 1.0643 1.0657 1.0606 C$ in US$ 0.9429 0.9384 0.9396 0.9390 0….