Articles by Northern Miner Staff

The second trading week of the year was highlighted by a large, spontaneous act of charity on the part of about 400 executives at some of Canada’s biggest and most successful mining and mining-related…

Before the bottom fell out of the aluminum market, global demand for the versatile metal was growing more strongly than for any other base metal, according to a research report by Macquarie Equity Mar…

After topping US$1,200 per oz. in late 2009, gold could be in for a rough ride during the first half of this year, according to gold consultancy group GFMS.

*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).

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.

CANADIAN/U. S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate) Date Jan. 18 Jan. 15 Jan. 14 Jan. 13 Jan. 12 US$ in C$ 1.0251 1.0287 1.0261 1.0322 1.0375 C$ in US$ 0.9755 0.9721 0.9746 0.9688 0…

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…