Articles by Northern Miner Staff

U. S. markets enjoyed another buoyant week during the July 28-Aug. 3 reporting period. The Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 189.84 points or 2.09% to close at 9,286.56. The Standard & Poor’s 5…

Despite marginal gains for the holiday-shortened July 28-31 reporting period, the TSX composite index was playing catch up on Aug. 4, after the S&P 500 broke through the 1,000-point mark for the f…

On the last day of the truncated July 28-31 trading period, the S&P/TSX Venture composite index had one of its best showings in several months. It gained 32.53 points to close at 1,179.57. The gai…

Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, July 28, 2009 (change from July 21 in brackets):

COURTESY OF SCOTIABANK

Antimony: Mid-mkt US$5,000/t.

Date July 27 July 24 July 23 July 22 June 21 BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne) Al Alloy 1650/1700 1655/1680 1550/1600 1530/1555 1515/1…

Short positions outstanding at July 15/09 (with changes from June 30/09).

Short positions outstanding at July 15/09 (with changes from June 30/09).

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…

as of 9 a. m. ET. Aug 4, 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 …

Recent metallurgical testing of Marathon PGM’s (MAR-T, MRPGF-O) eponymous platinum group metals (PGMs) and copper project improves the project’s net present value by 47% to $113 million, the company s…