Dividends (December 29, 2008)
Note: Alcoa will pay its quarterly div of US$0.9375 for US$3.75 cmltv pr sh on Jan 1, rec Dec 12. Company Div. Pay Record ($)…
2008
Northgate More Than Doubles Young-Davidson Gold Resource
Vancouver — Northgate Minerals (NGX-T, NXG-x) has been rewarded for its drilling efforts at its Young-Davidson project in Ontario with a new resource estimate that pushes the gold count past 3 millio…
Toronto Stock Exchange – DEC. 16-18
The Dec. 16-18 trading session may have been short, but it was full of surprises. A technical glitch linked to data feeds closed the TSX all day on Wed. Dec. 17 — the same day the Organization of the…
Linear Tables KM61 Copper-Moly-Silver Resource
Linear Metals (LRM-T, LMTCF-O) has come out with a resource estimate for its KM61 copper-moly-silver project, near Armstrong, Ont.
Bad Commercial Paper Delays Norsemont Payment
The frozen asset-backed commercial paper market continues to affect miners, with Norsemont Mining (NOM-T, NOMFF-o) announcing that it will have to delay a payment attached to its 100% acquisition of i…
North American Stock Exchange Indices (December 29, 2008)
52-week Date Dec. 15 Dec. 12 Dec. 11 Dec. 10 Dec. 9 High Low S&P/TSX-Ven Comp 716.81 718.54 713.44 705.54 686.02 2886.39 678.62 TSX Composite 8461.83 8515.45 8391.90 8634.00 …
Editor’s Picks: top 10 stories of 2008
It was remarkable year for the mining industry, as we witnessed a commodities boom in the first quarter turn into a…
Metallurgical coal outlook for 2009
Demand for metallurgical coal next year will be 7% lower than in 2008, as global steel production continues to drop…
PolyMet draws on debt to feed NorthMet
In tight credit markets it’s good to have deep pockets in your corner.
Western Canadian Coal and Cambrian discuss merger
Western Canadian Coal (WTN-T, WTN-L) and Cambrian Mining (CBM-L) have reached an agreement in principal that would …
Jaguar’s tidy Brazilian operations make for a growing producer story
At a time when more than one mining company is struggling to stay afloat, Jaguar Mining (JAG-T, JAGNF-o) is a bit o…
Acadian Mining’s ScoZinc receives creditor protection
Dramatic cost reduction measures at Acadian Mining’s (ADA-T, ADAIF-o) Scotia mine a few months ago weren&rsqu…