Former BHP Billiton (BHP-N, BLT-L, BHP-A) chief executive Brian Gilbertson and the low-profile Swiss-based coal house AMCI have made a joint bid to finance Consolidated Minerals (CNM-L, CNM-A).
The Asian stock market correction prompted a major retraction in the resource sector over the Feb. 27-March 5 trading session as investors wondered if the region’s hunger for commodities would wane. T…
A sharp drop in the Shanghai stock market sent ripple effects across global equity markets, pushing the Dow Jones Industrial Average down 581.85 points to 12,050.41 during the Feb. 27-March 5 period.
Vancouver — Canada’s second-largest gold producer, Goldcorp (G-T, GG-N), expects to produce 2.6 million oz. of the yellow metal in 2007, assuming that the planned sale of its Peak mine in Australia a…
Paladin Resources (PDN-T, PDN-A) is looking to increase its bet on the future of uranium mining in Australia.
Special to the Northern Miner
The biggest story for the week ended March 2, the ninth trading week of 2007, was the worldwide stock-market meltdown that started with a surging yen and a 9% drop on the red-hot Shanghai Exchange, an…
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, March 5, 2007 (change from Feb. 26 in brackets):
COURTESY OF SCOTIABANK
Antimony: Mid-mkt US$5,390/t.
BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne)
Vancouver — When Ross Rebagliati won the first Olympic Gold medal for snowboarding in Nagano back in 1998, he was merely showing a competitive streak that appears to run in his family.
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