Teck posts $607M net-loss in Q4
Vancouver – Don Lindsay, the president and CEO of Teck (TCK.B-T, TCK-N), addressed the company’s heavy debt-load …
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Polar Star to choose board of directors in April
Polar Star Mining (PSR-V) will hold a shareholders meeting on Apr. 17 that will decide the fate of its current boar…
Geologix’s loss is Silver Standard’s gain
Unable to get its hands on the money it needed, Geologix Explorations (GIX-T, GXEFX-O) must walk away from a projec…
China Inc. steps up foreign acquisitions; bids for Oz Minerals
China’s state-owned companies are ratcheting up their acquisitions of struggling mining companies that have been hi…
TSX Venture Exchange rights and warrants
The following are the mining-related rights and warrants now trading on the TSX Venture Exchange (in C$ unless no…
Commentary: Looking at maintenance as an investment
Mining is a tough business and in order to stay competitive, every available advantage must be considered and where…
Agnico-Eagle, PotashCorp Scoop Up IR Awards
In a field dominated by the slicker sectors of the Canadian economy such as banking and hi-tech, the investor-relations efforts of a couple of mining companies came out on top at the IR Magazine Canad…
U. S. Markets – FEB. 3-9
U. S. markets were buoyed during the five-day trading period ended Feb. 9, as the U. S. Senate reached a deal on a massive stimulus bill on Friday, Feb. 6. (It later approved the package in a vote of …
TSX Venture Exchange – FEB. 3-9
The S&P/TSX Venture composite index broke 900 points for only the third time since mid-November during the Feb. 3-9 trading period, closing the week up 28.28 points at 901.1. Daily trading volumes…
Dividends (February 16, 2009)
Note:Xstrata PLC subsidiary, Xstrata Canada is sending a notice of redemption for all outstanding Cmltv prf sh, series 3, redeemable Mar 1 for $25 each in cash, plus accruded and unpaid dividends. Alc…
Rio Tinto Sells More Assets To Pare US$37B Debt
Rio Tinto (RTP-N, RIO-L) continues to hack away at its immense debt load with sales to Vale (RIO-N) of its undeveloped potash assets in Argentina and Canada and an iron ore mine in Brazil for US$1.6 b…
People (February 16, 2009)
ATW Gold — Graham Harris appointed chairman; David Stone appointed COO.