TSX Venture Exchange July 10-16
Modest gains in gold, silver, lead and zinc more than offset a slip in copper and nickel prices over the July 10-16 trading session, driving the S&P-TSX Venture Composite Index up 32.57 points to …
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Toronto Stock Exchange July 10-16
The largest-ever takeover in global mining history drove the TSX Composite Index to an all-time high during the trading period July 10-16.
Alcan’s Canadian history
1900 — A contract for hydroelectric power is signed with Shawinigan Water & Power Co. in Shawinigan, Que. A year later, the first ingot, weighing 716 kilograms, is produced.
Suppliers News (July 23, 2007)
Caterpillar profits skyrocket
Editorial: Rio Tinto bets heavily on aluminum with Alcan offer
There hasn’t been the slightest slowdown this summer in mergers-and-acquisitions activity, with the week ended July 14, the 28th trading week of 2007, punctuated by the largest takeover in global mini…
Share the wealth
Commentary A recently published discussion paper has convinced the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada board of directors to approve the principle of federal and…
Kakanda signs Otish deal
Shares in Kakanda Resources (KRC-V, KRCFF-O) rose 50% in one day on the company’s recent announcement of a change in focus to four new Otish basin uranium properties in Quebec.
Lending Rates (July 23, 2007)
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Dividends (July 23, 2007)
Company Div.($) Pay Date Record Date Sherritt 0.03 July 13 June 29 Yamana 0.01* July 16 June 26 Fording 0.65 July 16 June 29 Royal…
Exchange Rates (July 23, 2007)
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RPT cuts more uranium at Split Rapids (July 23, 2007)
Vancouver — Drilling by RPT Uranium (RPT-V, RMPVF-O) to test Archean iron formation rocks on its Split Rapids project, in northwestern Ontario’s Sibley basin, cut 6.5 metres of 0.22% U3O8.
First Nickel finally finishes feasibility at Premiere Ridge
After negotiating two extensions, First Nickel’s (FNI-T) feasibility study for the Premiere Ridge project outside of Sudbury, Ont., has at last been submitted to Xstrata (XTA-L, XSRAF-O).