Quebec Promises Northern Highway Improvements
Mining and exploration companies are elated that the Quebec government has set aside about $698 million for road infrastructure projects in the province’s north.
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
TSX Venture Exchange – March 31-April 6
Over the March 30-April 6 trading period the S&P TSX Venture Composite Index saw three days of gains half erased by two days in the red, leaving the board up just 17.97 points by the end of the pe…
LME Warehouse Levels (April 13, 2009)
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, Apr. 7, 2009 (change from Mar. 31 in brackets):
Endeavour Silver Boosts Revenues, Production
Endeavour Silver (EDR-T, EXK-X) seemed to defy gravity last year with revenues up 22% to US$39.3 million, production up 10% to 2.3 million oz. silver, and cash costs that fell 4% to US$9.03 per oz. si…
Spot Prices (April 13, 2009)
COURTESY OF SCOTIABANK
Producer And Dealer Prices (April 13, 2009)
Antimony: Mid-mkt US$4,250/t.
Silver Wheaton To Consolidate Grip On Industry
Silver Wheaton’s (SLW-T, SLW-N) proposed acquisition of Silverstone Resources (SST-V, SVRCF-O) will give it immediate production and cash flow from a number of low-cost mines in politically stable cou…
Ventana Extends La Mascota To 725 Metres, Raises $6M
When the first set of drill results from Ventana Gold’s (VEN-T) La Bodega gold project in Colombia came in, CEO Richard Warke says no one could believe it.
ABB To Supply Electrical Gear For Vale Plant
Power and automation supplier ABB (ABB-N) has signed a US$62- million deal with Vale (RIO-N) to supply electrical equipment to the company’s Oman Industrial Complex project, in the Middle Eastern coun…
Chinese Company To Buy Western Prospector
A Hong Kong-listed company with links to China National Nuclear Corp. — China’s former Ministry of Nuclear Industry, which built the country’s first atom bomb — wants to buy Western Prospector Group…
Temporary Shutdowns Planned For Diavik
To deal with a global drop in diamond demand, Rio Tinto (RTP-N, RIO-L) is planning two shutdowns at the Diavik mine in the Northwest Territories in the coming months, as well as further delays to the …
U. S. Markets – March 31-April 6
U. S. equity markets rallied during the Mar. 31-Apr. 6 reporting period, with the Dow-Jones Industrial Average up 454 points, or 6%, to 7,976, the S&P 500 index adding 48 points, or 6.1%, to 835, …