Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Concerns that some European countries too saddled with debt to shake free from the recession will slow the global recovery continued to hurt the S&P-TSX Venture composite index over the Feb 2-8 tr…

The Feb. 2-8 trading period was a losing one due partly to worries over Greece’s troubled debt situation, which is being backed by Eurozone countries. Investors are still worrying about Europe’s finan…

COURTESY OF SCOTIABANK

Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, February 9, 2010 (change from Feb. 2 in brackets):

Date Feb. 8 Feb. 5 Feb. 4 Feb. 3 Feb. 2 BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne) Al Alloy 1840/1865 1855/1890 1905/1930 1915/1940 1910/1935 A…

*as of Dec. 31/09

52-week Date Feb. 8 Feb. 5 Feb. 4 Feb. 3 Feb. 2 High Low S&P/TSX-Ven Comp 1460.60 1455.41 1452.18 1513.98 1517.07 1628.72 809.03 TSX Composite 11115.30 11223.12 11128.76 1139…

Short positions outstanding at Jan. 31/10 (with changes from Jan. 15/10).

Short positions outstanding at Jan. 31/10 (with changes from Jan. 15/10).

Note: Freeport McMoRan Copper & Gold will pay $0.60* div with the first payment of $0.15* paid on Feb. 1, 2010.Cameco is increasing its annual div to 28 cents per sahre from 26 cents. Alcoa pays q…

as of 9 a.m. ET. Feb. 9, 2009 (%) Bank of Canada 0.50 Target overnight rate 0.25 Canadian Prime 2.25 U.S. Discount Primary 0.50 U.S. Fed Funds market rate 0-0.25 U.S. Prime 3.2…

CANADIAN/U. S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate) Date Feb. 8 Feb. 5 Feb. 4 Feb. 3 Feb. 2 US$ in C$ 1.0692 1.0721 1.0734 1.0609 1.0607 C$ in US$ 0.9353 0.9324 0.9316 0.9426 0.9428