Articles by Northern Miner Staff

The rate of new job losses declined during the Aug 4-10 reporting period as corporate earnings were up, and U. S. markets continued to improve.

BMO Capital Markets is forecasting that the nine-month-long Canadian slump will end in the current quarter. While the initial recovery will be choppy and Canadian exports “are unlikely to stop falling…

Though the S&P/TSX Venture composite index gained during the Aug. 4-10 reporting period, it was only by 5.64 points. By and large, the gain was achieved off a blistering trading volume of 117 mill…

Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, August 11, 2009 (change from August 4 in brackets):

COURTESY OF SCOTIABANK

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

Date Aug. 10 Aug. 7 Aug. 6 Aug. 5 Aug. 4 BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne) Al Alloy 1795/1870 1791/1825 1850/1880 1780/1810 1800/1790 …

52-week Date Aug. 10 Aug. 7 Aug. 6 Aug. 5 Aug. 4 High Low S&P/TSX-Ven Comp 1185.21 1192.58 1188.12 1194.99 1195.98 2096.51 678.62 TSX Composite 10793.67 10885.33 10793.37 110…

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

Note:Vale will pay $0.4795 for common and preferred class A shares on Oct 30. Russia’s Norilsk Nickel plans to pay a dividend of more than 25% its net profit for the first half of 2009. Alcoa will pay…

VANCOUVER — Nevsun Resources (NSU-T, NSU-X) appears to have cleared a major hurdle on the way to financing the Bisha poly-metallic project in Eritrea. Nevsun says lenders have given it all necessary …

VANCOUVER– The first four holes of the 2009 program at Keegan Resources’ (KGN-T, KGN-X) Esaase project in southwestern Ghana all hit strong gold mineralization below the defined resource and the news…