Short Position Report
Short positions outstanding at Feb. 28/14 (with changes from Feb. 15/14).
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
MBAC thriving in Brazil’s fertilizer sector
After a three-year decline, phosphate fertilizer prices are rising again. Prices for diammonium phosphate, the most commonly used fertilizer, have increased by 20% since bottoming last November, while prices for triple super phosphate have…
TSX Venture holds steady, Feb. 24-28
After ascending for almost three weeks, the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index treaded water over the trading period, ending the week up 3.71 points at 1,025.37. Trading activity remained strong, with an average of 77.9 million shares trading…
Columbus rises as Nordgold advances Montagne d’Or
VANCOUVER — What a difference a deal can make.
PDAC: Ned Goodman on China, gold and Warren Buffett
“If you think it’s all about money, if you think it’s all about gold, you’re right,” Ned Goodman, president and CEO at Dundee Corp. (TSX: DC.A), declared at a luncheon during the Prospectors & Developers…
Are brighter skies ahead for nickel prices?
Chairman and CEO Patrick Buffet of French nickel and manganese producer Eramet is calling Indonesia’s recent ban on the export of unprocessed nickel ores “a positive step towards restoring market balance,” after the…
Taseko denied New Prosperity
VANCOUVER — Despite a $300-million adaptation to save Fish Lake, the Canadian government will not allow Taseko Mines (TSX: TKO; NYSE-MKT: TGB) to build a $1.5-billion open-pit copper–gold mine at its New Prosperity project in…
Imperial taps debt markets for final Red Chris funds
VANCOUVER — With three new funding sources arranged, Imperial Metals (TSX: III; US-OTC: IPMLF) can see the finish line at Red Chris, the under-construction copper–gold project in northwest B.C. that will be Imperial’s fourth…
Editorial: Curtain closes on New Prosperity
The firm denial by the federal government on environmental grounds of Taseko Mines’ proposed New Prosperity open-pit gold–copper mine near Williams Lake, B.C., wasn’t a surprise to many in the market, as evidenced by most…
Gold developers rethink mine strategies in new market reality
VANCOUVER — Recent headlines have focused on the impact of a lower gold-price environment on the in-situ reserves and spending habits of majors and producers, but there’s also been a shift amongst smaller-cap companies with…
Regulator approves Coalspur’s Vista
VANCOUVER — It looks like financing will be the last hurdle for Coalspur Mines (TSX: CPT, US-OTC: CSPZF) at its Vista thermal coal project, 10 km east of the town of Hinton, Alta. On Feb. 27 the Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) approved…
Commentary: It’s time gold miners act on unfair competition
Given some of the enormous gold sales on Comex last year, I was curious what it would take to mine that much ore.