Sonora, Canaco clash in Tanzania
Sonora Gold & Silver (SOC-V) and Canaco Resources (CAN-V) are butting heads over a small land area on the Magambazi gold trend in Tanzania.
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Northcliff eyes N.B. tungsten play
Mindful of a rising tungsten price, the Hunter Dickinson Group has picked up an option on Geodex Minerals’ (GXM-V, G2W-F) advanced exploration-stage Sisson Brook tungsten-molybdenum project in central…
First Quantum offers $460M for Antares
VANCOUVER — In a big step towards diversifying its copper operations away from Africa, First Quantum Minerals (FM-T, FQM-L) is buying Antares Minerals (ANM-V) in a cash-and-share deal worth $460 mill…
Bill C-300’s defeat
The last week of October was a satisfying one for Canadian miners, with Canada’s parliament voting to defeat the anti-mining Bill C-300 by an unsettlingly close 140-to-134 margin.
Points of contention in South Africa’s revised Mining Charter
The recently amended Broad-based Socioeconomic Empowerment Charter for the South African Mining Industry (the “Mining Charter”) was unveiled by South Africa’s minister of the Department of Mineral Res…
Letter to the editor: The better way to value tailings
Improvements in the technology of mineral processing combined with the recent increases in value of precious metals make re-treatment of some tailings deposits worthwhile commercial considerations.
PEOPLE (November 08, 2010)
Andina Minerals — Derrick Weyrauch appointed CFO.
TORONTO STOCK EXCHANGE -October 25-29
In an up and down week, the TSX composite index managed to rebound to end the Oct. 25-29 trading period up at 12,676.24 on a modest gain of 75 points, or 0.6%.
U.S. MARKETS -October 25-29
It was a ho-hum week for U.S. equities. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 14.07 points or 0.13% to close at 11,118.49, while the S&P 500 index fell 0.18 point or 0.02% to 1,183.26. The Nasdaq …
SPOT PRICES (November 08, 2010)
COURTE SY OF SCOTIABANK
PRODUCER AND DEALER PRICES (November 08, 2010)
Antimony: Mid-mkt US$10,100/t.
DIVIDENDS (November 08, 2010)
Note: Vale will pay $0.24* per outstanding common or prf sh on Oct 20. Alcoa will pay a $0.9375* div on it $3.75* cmltv pr stock on Oct 1, rec Sept 10. Franco-Nevada monthly div of 0.025 starting in J…