Staff Investment Policy (August 27, 2001)
The Northern Miner does not permit any editorial employee to file stories about companies in which the writer owns shares. Editorial employees are also not permitted to take part in initial public off…
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Northern Miner Indices (August 27, 2001)
NORTH AMERICAN MINING INDEXCompanyTickerWeight (%)Barrick GoldABX-T18.7FalconbridgeFL-T5.9Franco-Nevada MiningFN-T6.5Freeport McMoRan Cop’r BFCX-N5.3Homestake MiningHM-N6.4IncoN-T9.4Newm…
GREATEST VALUE TRADED, AUGUST 15-21
ExchgVal($000s)HighLowCloseChangeAlcoa*N 408393 38.50 36.05 37.40 + 0.49…
CDNX stalls on low volume
Vancouver — Canada’s junior exchange failed to generate any excitement as all indices traded in a narrow range and on low volume. The Canadian Venture Exchange composite index added 0.08 of a point t…
Magistral drilling pulls high-grade copper
Vancouver — Junior Inca Pacific Resources (IP-V) and its partner, Anaconda Peru, have completed 80% of a 14,000-metre drill program at the Magistral copper porphyry-skarn property in the South Americ…
Interest rate cut falls flat
Denver — Financial markets sank in response to the U.S. Federal Reserve’s latest quarter-point interest rate cut, sending the Dow Jones industrial average down 238.03 points, or 2.3%, for the report …
Spot Prices Wed. August 12, 2001
Precious MetalsPrice (US$/oz.)ChangeGold$277.25+$0.90Silver$ 4.17-$0.07Platinum$447.00+$…
Gold Funds (August 27, 2001)
Gold Funds as of August 16, 2001Dundee Precious MetalsCentral FundNet Value$13.80$5.18Price$9.85$4.90…
LME Warehouse Levels (August 27, 2001)
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, Aug. 21/01 (change from Aug. 14 in brackets):MetalStock (tonnes)ChangeAluminium674100…
The Northern Miner — Small Producers Index (August 27, 2001)
46.62 (+0.83)(Sept. 30/98 = 100)…
The Northern Miner — North American Mining Index (August 27, 2001)
74.32 (+1.48)(Sept. 30/98 = 100)…
Explosion at Ukraine coal mine claims 47
The death toll following a methane gas explosion at a coal mine in the Donetsk region of western Ukraine has risen to 47 after a fire burning about 1 km below the surface prevented rescuers from reach…