M&A, Financings Power Junior Sector
The year’s 23rd trading week was highlighted by lots of small but significant events, as the North American mining sector continued to gain strength after a long hard winter of hunkering down.
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Rare Earth Metals: On The Cusp Of A Rally?
While the surge in high-technology and green technology applications for rare earths seemingly indicates good times ahead for miners and explorers of these metals, an Australian analyst suggests a dos…
Correction (June 22, 2009)
In our article on uranium in Niger ( T. N. M. , June 15-21/09), the reserve numbers for the Arlit, Akouta and Imouraren mines, and the projected annual production for Imouraren should be in tonnes of …
Severstal Improves High River Offer
High River Gold Mines’ (HRG-T, HRIVF-O) largest shareholder, Russian steelmaker Severstal, is sweetening its bid for the gold producer.
Uranium Poised For Rebound As Demand Outstrips Supply
VANCOUVER– A symposium on the state of the uranium market and how to profit from it drew a good crowd away from the Vancouver sunshine on June 3 and presenting speakers made it worth the crowd’s whil…
U.S. Markets – June 9-15
Although the main indexes in the United States retreated slightly during the June 9-15 reporting period, consumer confidence south of the border rose to its highest level in nine months.
Toronto Stock Exchange – June 9-15
Canadian equity markets were mixed during the June 9-15 reporting period, with the S&P/TSX composite index down 154 points, or 1.5%, to 10,395; the Capped Metals and Mining index up 14 points, or …
Daily Metal Prices (June 22, 2009)
Date June 15 June 12 June 11 June 10 June 9 BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne) Al Alloy 1320/1345 1375/1400 1380/1410 1335/1365 1340/13…
North American Stock Exchange Indices (June 22, 2009)
52-week Date June 15 June 12 June 11 June 10 June 9 High Low S&P/TSX-Ven Comp 1131.82 1137.99 1133.16 1107.96 1141.74 2649.69 678.62 TSX Composite 10394.78 10644.96 10714.11 10547.86 10547.86…
TSX Venture Short Positions (June 22, 2009)
Short positions outstanding at May 31/09 (with changes from May 15/09).
TSX Short Positions (June 22, 2009)
Short positions outstanding at May 31/09 (with changes from May 15/09).
Dividends (June 22, 2009)
Note: Vale will pay $0.4795 for common and preferred class A shares on Oct 30. Anglo American has suspended its dividend which totals $0.44* for the year. Teck Cominco and Harry Winston Diamond have a…