Rosatom chief is looking for a success story with Uranium One
Sergey Kirienko, the director general of Russia’s Rosatom, said the state-run nuclear holding company had no p…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Venture makes slow and steady gains Aug. 16-20
The S&P/TSX Venture made small but steady gains during the Aug. 16 – 20 trading week, ending up 22.57 poin…
Good drill results but no resource estimate for Evolving Gold
Long gold intercepts from Evolving Gold’s (EVG-V) Rattlesnake Hills project in Wyoming weren’t enough to prope…
US equities wobbly on recovery concerns, Aug. 16-20
New claims for U.S. unemployment benefits climbed to a nine-month high during the Aug. 16-20 trading week, fue…
First resource out for Probe Mines’ Black Creek
Probe Mines (PRB-V) has received the first resource estimate for its 100%-owned Black Creek chromite deposit, …
Will Osisko ever be taken over?
While it’s been going on for years, the speculation surrounding potential takeover target Osisko Mining has ratcheted up in recent weeks, as Kinross Gold has been paying top dollar for gold juniors la…
An Ireland mining primer
While Ireland has a long tradition of mining dating back to the Bronze Age, today the Emerald Isle is internationally renowned as a major zinc-lead mining province.
Hana boasts hits at Banana zone
Highlights from recent drill results from Hana Mining’s (HMG-V, 4LHT-F) Banana zone at its Ghanzi copper-silver project in northwestern Botswana, include an intersect of 3.4% copper and 48 grams silve…
TORONTO STOCK EXCHANGE -AUGUST 9-13
A major decline in mining stocks helped push the TSX composite index down 2.3% over the Aug. 9-13 trading period, as indexes worldwide fell on news of a shaky recovery in the United States. The TSX dr…
DAILY METAL PRICES (August 23, 2010)
Date Aug. 16 Aug. 13 Aug. 12 Aug. 11 Aug. 10 BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne) Al Alloy 2200/2118 2240/2145 2195/2130 2180/2115 2230/2…
INTERNATIONAL QUOTES (August 23, 2010)
Australia (A$) Aug 17 Aug 10 Change Aquila Resources 8.69 8.01 0.68 Bendigo Mining 0.18 0.19 -0.01 Centennial Coal 6.04 5.98 0.06 Fortescue Res 4.56 4.59 -0.03 Iluka …
EXCHANGE RATES (August 23, 2010)
CANADIAN/U. S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate) Date Aug 16 Aug 13 Aug 12 Aug 11 Aug 10 US$ in C$ 1.0432 1.0402 1.0434 1.0456 1.0348 C$ in US$ 0.9586 0.9614 0.9584 0.9564 0.9664…