Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Paced by record gold production from its El Valle mine in Spain, Rio Narcea Gold Mines (RNG-T) staged an impressive…

Toronto’s gold stocks put in a 4.69-point or nearly 3% gain to help the S&P/TSX Composite Index 45.08 points higher…

Vancouver London-based Norimet, the marketing arm of Russia’s Norilsk Nickel, has reaffirmed its desire to acquir…

Reno-based Metallic Ventures (MVG-T) continues to cut high gold values on its Gemfield deposit on the Goldfield pro…

The People’s Bank of China has removed all barriers to gold licensing for the manufacture, distribution and retailing of gold products. The move is a significant step towards liberalizing the gold mar…

as of 4 pm ET, Apr. 15, 2003(%)Bank of Canada3.50Canadian Prime5.00U.S. Discount Primary2.25U.S. Fed Funds1.25U.S. Prime4.25LIBOR US$ 3-month1.32LIBOR US$ 6-month1.33LIBOR US$ 1-year1.44Gold …

CANADIAN/U.S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate)DateApril 15April 14April 11April 10April 9US$ in C$1.45151.45321.4516…

Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, April 15 (change from April 8 in brackets):MetalStock(tonnes)ChangeAluminium1221850(-…

Antimony: Mid-mkt US$2,530/t.Bismuth: Mid-mkt US$2.85/lb.Cadmium: Mid-mkt US$0.65/lb.Cobalt: Recent trades US$9.00-10.00/lb.Copper: Comex May US$0.733/lb.Indium: Indium Corp., ingot, US$140/kg.Iridium…

North American Mining: 65.65 (+0.65)Small Producers: 58.51 (+2.05)(Sept. 30/98 = 100)…

Falconbridge’s (FL-T) Kidd Creek operation has been charged with one count of allegedly discharging concentrations of zinc and copper effluent into Three Nations Creek, a water course near Timmins, On…

Vancouver — The Peruvian government has granted Manhattan Minerals (MAN-T) a one-year extension to its option agreement over the Tambo Grande concessions.The deal gives the company until May 31, 2004…