Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Mining equipment supplier Liebherr Mining Equipment has sent two Ultra Class trucks capable of carrying 400 tonnes to haul iron ore in Brazil’s Para state.

Advanced Explorations — Robert Collete appointed a director.

The TSX Composite Index moved lower for the Jan. 12-18 period as oil prices continued to slide on word from OPEC that supplies were strong for the winter period.

Date Jan. 18 Jan. 15 Jan. 14 Jan. 13 Jan. 12 BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne) Al Alloy 1990/2020 1970/2000 1930/1990 1955/1990 1960/1…

*as of Dec. 31/09

52-week Date Jan. 18 Jan. 15 Jan. 14 Jan. 13 Jan. 12 High Low S&P/TSX-Ven Comp 1605.72 1593.47 1595.29 1593.21 1577.67 1628.72 809.03 TSX Composite 11750.54 11685.37 11804.38 11853.56 11820.18…

Short positions outstanding at Dec. 31/09 (with changes from Dec. 15/09).

Short positions outstanding at Dec. 31/09 (with changes from Dec. 15/09).

as of 9 a.m. ET. Jan. 19, 2010 (%) 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….

Australia (A$) Jan. 19 Jan. 5 Change Aquila Resources 10.9 10.89 0.01 Bendigo Mining 0.25 0.26 -0.01 Centennial Coal 3.99 4.00 -0.01 Fortescue Res 5.17 4.60 0.57 Iluk…

VANCOUVER– With a resource estimate that adds 50% to the silver count, more than triples the manganese resource, and more than doubles the contained zinc and copper at the Hardshell property in south…

The much-talked about Black Thor chromite deposit in the remote Ring of Fire camp of northwestern Ontario has an initial inferred resource of 69.55 million tonnes grading 31.9% chromite at a cut-off g…