Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Global markets continued to be a study in volatility and the TSX composite index was no exception as the index fell over the May 31 -June 4 period. Still jittery over the near bankruptcy of Greece, Hu…

It was a week in the red for the S&P/TSX Venture composite index over the May 31-June 4 trading period, as investor uncertainty over everything from the Eurozone to the summer doldrums pushed the …

Disappointing statistics on job recovery in the United States and comments from Hungary that it may be headed for a Greece-style debt crisis haunted U.S. equity markets on June 4 and pushed the euro d…

Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, June 8, 2010 (change from June 1 in brackets):

Antimony: Mid-mkt US$8,800.00/t.

Note: Vale will pay $0.24* per outstanding common or prf sh on Oct 20. Alcoa will pay a $0.75* div on it $3.75* cmltv pr stock on July 1, rec June 11. Franco-Nevada will start paying a semi-annual div…

as of 9 a.m. ET. June 8, 2010 (%) Bank of Canada 0.75 Target overnight rate 0.50 Canadian Prime 2.25 U.S. Discount Primary 0.75 U.S. Fed Funds market rate 0-0.25 U.S. Prime 3.2…

Australia (A$) June 8 June 1 Change Aquila Resources 8.3 9.04 -0.74 Bendigo Mining 0.22 0.22 0.00 Centennial Coal 4.21 4.11 0.10 Fortescue Res 3.92 4.04 -0.12 Iluka R…

CANADIAN/U. S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate) Date June 7 June 4 June 3 June 2 June 1 US$ in C$ 1.0540 1.0516 1.0416 1.0404 1.0479 C$ in US$ 0.9488 0.9509 0.9601 0.9612 0.9543…