Volta buys Randgold project in Burkina Faso
Volta Resources (VTR-T) plans to turn much of its focus to the newly acquired Kiaka gold project in Burki…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Canplats completes preliminary assessment of Represa deposit
The Represa deposit at the Camino Rojo gold project in Mexico’s Zacatecas state could produce an average of 12…
Queen’s University plans next mining course for Oct. 25-26
Ryan Matthiesen, a senior associate at Macquarie Capital Advisors in Toronto, had worked on the finance side o…
U.S. Markets – OCTOBER 6-12
Despite the looming risk of a double-dip recession and daily reminders — as if anyone needed them — that the road to recovery has major potholes ahead, U. S. equity markets enjoyed a relatively smoo…
TSX Venture Exchange – OCTOBER 6-9
Investors spent the Oct. 6-9 reporting period, shortened due to the Thanksgiving holiday in Canada, buying junior stocks and pushing the S&P/TSX Venture composite index up. The board gained every …
LME Warehouse Levels (October 19, 2009)
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, October 13, 2009 (change from Oct. 6 in brackets):
Producer And Dealer Prices (October 19, 2009)
Antimony: Mid-mkt US$5,750/t.
Daily Metal Prices (October 19, 2009)
Date Oct. 12 Oct. 9 Oct. 8 Oct. 7 Oct. 6 BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne) Al Alloy 1701/1750 1690/1720 1675/1705 1680/1700 1661/1710 …
North American Stock Exchange Indices (October 19, 2009)
52-week Date Oct. 12 Oct. 9 Oct. 8 Oct. 7 Oct. 6 High Low S&P/TSX-Ven Comp 1307.50 1307.50 1306.18 1289.82 1281.40 1308.78 678.62 TSX Composite 11436.92 11436.92 11484.51 11349.88 11247.97…
Canadian Gold Mutual Funds (October 19, 2009)
*as of Sept. 30/09
Dividends (October 19, 2009)
Note: Vale will pay $0.4795 for common and prf class A shares on Oct 30. Alcoa will pay US93.75 cents per share on its US$3.75 cmltv prf stk payable Jan 1, record close Dec 11.
Exchange Rates (October 19, 2009)
CANADIAN/U. S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate) Date Oct. 12 Oct. 9 Oct. 8 Oct. 7 Oct. 6 US$ in C$ Holiday 1.0424 1.0535 1.0619 1.0571 C$ in US$ Holiday 0.9593 0.9492 0.9417 0.9…