Allied Nevada gets back on track
After a rough second quarter slashed its stock price, Allied Nevada Gold (TSX: ANV; NYSE-MKT: ANV) could make the year’s biggest comeback.
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Metals, mining and money markets
Spot pricesCourtesy of ScotiabankTuesday, October 22, 2013 Precious MetalsPrice…
Friedland kicks off Goodman Talks series
At the launch of the Goodman Talks public lecture series at Laurentian University in Sudbury, Ontario. From left: Laurentian University president Dominic Giroux; Ivanhoe Mines chairman and inaugural speaker Robert Friedland; Dundee Corp. CEO…
Canadian Mining Hall of Fame to honour mining legends
The Canadian Mining Hall of Fame will honour four industry greats at its annual induction dinner on Jan. 16, 2014 in Toronto. The inductees are John (Jack) F. McOuat, C. Mark Rebagliati, Kathleen C.S. Rice and David S. Robertson. The Northern…
Correction
The story “Tech sector is key to Graphite One’s plan” (T.N.M., Oct. 21–27/13) incorrectly identified Anthony Huston as the president and CEO of Graphite One. In fact he is president and a director of the company….
Editorial: Canada-EU free trade deal shifts the mining landscape
Canada’s base-metal producers got a lift on Oct. 18 with the announcement of a preliminary free-trade agreement between Canada and the 28-member European Union that promises miners and metal producers a gradual elimination of tariffs on…
TSX Venture Exchange, Oct. 15-18
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index bounced back during the shortened trading period, gaining 2.3%, or 21.60 points, en route to a 950.97-point weekly close. Markets were buoyed by a resolution in the U.S. debt negotiations, as well as…
Toronto Stock Exchange, Oct. 15-18
The S&P/TSX Composite Index was up 233 points to 13,136.09 for the holiday shortened period. But the gains paled in comparison to the momentum south of the border after a debt deal was reached. The performance gap between the S&P/TSX…
U.S. markets, Oct. 14-18
A last-minute deal to prevent a U.S. default — along with the reopening of government offices — sent the S&P 500 into record territory, helped by a growing consensus that Washington would not taper quantitative easing until at…
Adapt, survive, Excellon style
Surviving tough times in the mining cycle requires adaptability, and if an investor is looking for an example, they need not look further than Excellon Resources (TSX: EXN; US-OTC: EXLLF).
How a giant stumbled and recovered: Lessons from Siemens’ near collapse
In 2006 Siemens offices throughout Germany were raided by the country’s federal prosecutors. A bribery scandal had been brewing since 2003, and by November 2006, the raid looked to mark the beginning of the end for the…
‘Unprecedented’ hit at Flatreef PGM deposit
A 90-metre intersection of 4.51 grams per tonne of platinum, palladium, rhodium and gold — plus 0.37% nickel and 0.20% copper — at Ivanhoe Mines’ (TSX: IVN; US-OTC: IVPAF) Flatreef deposit in South Africa has reignited talk of…