Teck’s dilemma: How to pay off a $10-billion debt while metal prices fall all around
Vancouver – For the last few years Teck Cominco (TCK.B-T, TCK-N) has been a reliable, dividend-paying investment op…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Ecuador approves resolution to eliminate tariffs on some equipment
Ecuador’s Council of External Commerce and Investment has approved a resolution to eliminate import tariffs on a ra…
Livengood keeps growing for International Tower Hill
Vancouver – International Tower Hill’s (ITH-V) resource expansion program at the Livengood gold project near …
Boyongan returns positive economics in Philex Gold’s prefeasibility study
Vancouver – It is the Philippine project’s second prefeasibility study this year.
Coal at Division Mountain looks economic for Cash Minerals
An updated study demonstrates that its Division Mountain coal property in the Yukon is economically viable for Cash…
Good gold grades for Northern Abitibi
Discovered earlier this season by trenching, the Thor vein at the Viking gold project in near Sops Arm, Nfld. is pr…
Minefinders pours first gold at Dolores, Mexico
Minefinders’ (MFL-T, MFN-X) Dolores mine in Chihuahua, Mexico is expected to produce more than 1.7 million oz…
NORTH AMERICAN STOCK EXCHANGE INDICES (November 17, 2008)
52-week Date Nov. 10 Nov. 7 Nov. 6 Nov. 5 Nov. 4 High Low S&P/TSX-Ven Comp 914.02 921.88 920.13 951.42 975.27 3048.54 800.57 TSX Composite 9688.80 9596.21 9555.41 9887.20 1…
DAILY METAL PRICES (November 17, 2008)
Date Nov. 10 Nov. 7 Nov. 6 Nov. 5 Nov. 4 BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne) Al Alloy 1445/1490 1400.50/1460 1375/1421 1440/1490 1412/14…
Avanti puts US$424M price tag on Kitsault
Vancouver — To take a crack at reopening the Kitsault molybdenum mine, 140 km northwest of Prince Rupert, B. C., Avanti Mining (AVT-C, AVNMF-o) will have to shell out about US$424 million in capital …
PRODUCER AND DEALER PRICES (November 17, 2008)
Antimony: Mid-mkt US$6,216.66 /t.
SPOT PRICES (November 17, 2008)
Monday, Nov. 10, 2008 Precious Metals Price (US$/oz.) Change Gold $751.75 +17.75 Silver $10.31 +0.36 Platinum $875.00 +51.00 Palladium $228.00 +25.00 Base Metals Price (US$/lb.) Change…