Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Investors in companies listed on the S&P/TSX Venture composite index continued their trading frenzy over the Dec. 15-17 reporting period, keeping daily volumes above 125 million trades. The board …

Investors continued to unwind some of their positions during the abbreviated Dec. 14-17 reporting period, sending the Dow Jones Industrial Average down 192.79 points or 1.84% to finish at 10,308.26, w…

COURTESY OF SCOTIABANK

Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, December 15, 2009 (change from Dec. 7 in brackets):

Antimony: Mid-mkt US$6,050/t.

as of 9 a.m. ET. Dec 18, 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…

Australia (A$) Dec. 18 Dec. 15 Change Aquila Resources 8.89 9.1 -0.21 Bendigo Mining 0.24 0.24 0.00 Centennial Coal 3.69 3.53 0.16 Fortescue Res 4.26 4.38 -0.12 Iluka…

Timmins Gold (TMM-V) has produced the first gold from its San Francisco gold mine in northern Mexico.

VANCOUVER– A slew of strong intercepts from the Dachang gold project in China has put Inter-Citic Minerals’ (ICI-T) share price on a steady climb, lifting it from the 20¢ level a year ago to aro…

VANCOUVER — Nayarit Gold (NYG-V) has hit a milestone at its Orion project — the release of its first resource estimate.

VANCOUVER– Kimber Resources (KBR-T, KBX-X) has been drilling the Monterde project in Mexico for almost a decade, slowly adding gold and silver ounces to a growing, three-deposit resource. Now, a new …

VANCOUVER — The Casino project is already home to 8 million oz. gold, 4.4 billion lbs. copper, and 475 million lbs. molybdenum, but results from the latest drilling program at the Yukon site indicate…