TSX Venture Exchange Aug. 29 – Sept. 1
Solid metal prices coupled with further mining mergers continued to buoy the S&P-TSX Venture Composite Index, which gained 68.41 points to close up 2.5% at 2,761.29 over the Aug. 29-Sept. 1 sessio…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
U.S. Markets Aug. 29 – Sept. 1
Lower oil prices and a hurricane season that wasn’t as bad as feared kept trading activity on U.S. markets bubbling over the trading period Aug. 29-Sept. 1. The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index rose 10…
Stornoway, Rio change break fee (September 11, 2006)
Stornoway Diamond (SWY-T, SWYDF-O) and Rio Tinto (RTP-N, RIO-L) have agreed to changes in their lock-up agreement that would see a $2-million break fee paid out to all shareholders of Ashton Mining of…
Toronto Stock Exchange Aug. 29 – Sept. 1
Merger news in the gold sector and strong earnings from two of the big banks helped the TSX Composite Index fight through a mid-week slump over the holiday-shortened Aug.29-Sept. 1 period. The index w…
Suppliers News (September 11, 2006)
Boart buys driller, banks buy bit of Boart…
Inco on the brink-o (September 11, 2006)
Just a week after officially shunning Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (CVRD) (rio-n) in favour of Phelps Dodge (PD-N), Inco (N-T, N-N) has terminated its combination agreement with the Arizona-based copper…
Editorial: Deal-makers, breakers
The deal-makers have been busy, these last days of summer, with three takeover bids in the news. The deal-breakers have been even busier, so let’s consider them first….
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Alexis goes two camp
As the old adage goes, the best place to find a mine is in the shadow of a headframe. The odds, then, seem stacked in favour of Alexis Minerals (AMC-V, AXSMF-O), which is poking around behind some 60…
Goldcorp, Glamis to merge
Vancouver — The latest in a series of mega-mining mergers sees Goldcorp (G-T, GG-N) looking to boost its ranking amongst the world’s top gold companies through an agreement to merge with mid-tier pro…
Corani silver resource gets even bigger
Continued drilling at Bear Creek Mining’s (BCM-V, BCEKF-O) Corani discovery in the high Andes of southern Peru has resulted in a 27% increase in the overall contained silver resource, highlighted by a…
Exchange Rates (September 11, 2006)
CANADIAN/U.S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate)…