Daily Metal Prices (December 11, 2006)
BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne)
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Rubicon set to spin off African and Newfoundland assets
It’s been a long time coming, but there is light at the end of the tunnel for Rubicon Minerals (RMX-T, RBY-X), which is in the final steps of splitting into three separate public companies, each holdi…
Producer and Dealer Prices (December 11, 2006)
Antimony : Mid-mkt US$5,450/t.
TSX Venture Exchange november 28-December 4
Junior miners and explorers posted another strong week on the back of continued robust precious and base metal prices with the S&P-TSX Venture Composite Index gaining 3.2% or 89.26 points to close…
U.S. Markets November 28-December 4
The U.S. markets saw gains during the trading period Nov. 28-Dec. 4, despite an 8.7% drop in durable goods orders. The dip was the biggest in more than six years and larger than economists had forecas…
Toronto Stock Exchange November 28-December 4
The Toronto Stock Exchange enjoyed five good trading days Nov. 28-Dec. 4, touching all-time highs in intra-day trading on three of the five. Unlike the oil-and-gold run earlier in the year, the advanc…
People (December 11, 2006)
Bayswater Uranium — Gordon Davidson appointed VP of exploration.
Victor Hollister
OBITUARY Victor Frederick Hollister, the man who discovered the Hollister gold mine in Nevada, died recently. He was 81. An air force veteran of the…
Paladin plans US$250M financing
Vancouver — Aspiring uranium miner Paladin Resources (PDN-T, PALAF-O, PDN-A) plans a convertible bond offering to raise US$250 million for project development.
Juniors take over New Britannia (December 11, 2006)
Vancouver-based juniors Garson Resources (GARR-C) and Piper Capital (PCL-V) have agreed to acquire the dormant New Britannia gold mine in Snow Lake, Man., from Kinross Gold (K-T, KGC-N) and High River…
Cameco moves on Cigar Lake solution
Vancouver — Cameco (CCO-T, CCJ-N) has started remediation work at its 50%-owned Cigar Lake uranium project in northern Saskatchewan’s Athabasca basin, where a major flooding event in late October fil…
Suppliers News (December 11, 2006)
European auto emissions catalyst for Inco joint venture