Articles by Northern Miner Staff

After a dramatic run-up in the three major U. S. stock indexes since early March, equities seemed to lose a little steam during the Aug. 25-31 reporting period. The S&P 500 index fell 0.72% or 7.3…

Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, September 1, 2009 (change from August 25 in brackets):

COURTESY OF SCOTIABANK

Antimony: Mid-mkt US$4,950/t.

Date Aug. 31 Aug. 28 Aug. 27 Aug. 26 Aug. 25 BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne) Al Alloy Holiday 1720/1750 1680/1710 1695/1760 1690/172…

52-week Date Aug. 31 Aug. 28 Aug. 27 Aug. 26 Aug. 25 High Low S&P/TSX-Ven Comp 1175.24 1188.71 1182.15 1186.09 1183.67 1983.64 678.62 TSX Composite 10868.21 10977.97 10933.96 10912.17 10920.53…

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

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

*as of June 30/09

CANADIAN/U. S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate) Date Aug. 31 Aug. 28 Aug. 27 Aug. 26 Aug. 25 US$ in C$ 1.0967 1.0879 1.0960 1.0991 1.0782 C$ in US$ 0.9118 0.9192 0.9124 0.9098 0…

as of 9 a. m. ET. Sept 1, 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 …

VANCOUVER — Monument Mining (MMY-V, MMTMF-O) is on the cusp of producing gold in Malaysia, having permitted, designed, financed and nearly finished building the Selinsing mine in just over two years.