Anglo American trims down; sells zinc assets to Vedanta
Anglo American (AAL-L, AAUK-Q) is selling zinc assets in Namibia, Ireland and South Africa to Vedanta Re…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
New tax raises miners’ ire in Australia (May 10, 2010)
Australia’s reputation as a mining-friendly country with a stable tax regime was thrown into doubt after the national government announced plans to create a new tax that specifically targets miners in…
Imperial grows Red Chris significantly (May 10, 2010)
VANCOUVER — With just 22 drill holes, Imperial Metals (III-T) has dramatically increased the contained metal count at its Red Chris project in northwest British Columbia, adding 2.7 billion lbs. copp…
Former Underworld directors take on Greenland
VANCOUVER — Roughly 2.7 billion years ago, Greenland broke away from Eastern Canada and moved north, taking a chunk of the Archean greenstone belt that has produced 60% of Canada’s gold with it. Now …
Hana arranges $21-M financing
A little more than a week after announcing it had significantly increased its resource at the Ghanzi copper-silver project in northwestern Botswana, Hana Mining (HMG-V) is raising $21 million in a pri…
TORONTO STOCK EXCHANGE APRIL 27-MAY 3
Fears over Greece’s ability to pay its debt had markets the world over turning downwards and the TSX composite index was no exception. The index was off three points to 12,294 for the April 27-May 3 p…
SPOT PRICES (May 10, 2010)
COURTESY OF SCOTIABANK
LME WAREHOUSE LEVELS (May 10, 2010)
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, May 4, 2010 (change from Apr. 27 in brackets):
NORTH AMERICAN STOCK EXCHANGE INDICES (May 10, 2010)
52-week Date May 3 Apr. 30 Apr. 29 Apr. 28 Apr. 27 High Low S&P/TSX-Ven Comp 1665.41 1673.80 1659.99 1660.35 1658.49 1691.10 1010.17 TSX Composite 12196.51 12210.70 12200.32 12076.84 12146.74…
TSX SHORT POSITIONS (May 10, 2010)
Short positions outstanding at Apr. 15/10 (with changes from Mar. 31/10).
TSX VENTURE SHORT POSITIONS (May 10, 2010)
Short positions outstanding at Apr 15/10 (with changes from Mar. 31/10).
EXCHANGE RATES (May 10, 2010)
CANADIAN/U. S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate)