Japanese consortium finances Canada’s Uranium One
Uranium One (UUU-T) will raise C$270 million through a private placement with a Japanese consortium made up of Th…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Volta defines initial copper-gold resource in Burkina Faso
Vancouver – A few days after its joint-venture partner returned full ownership of the Gaoua copper-gold property …
Update:Bidding war heats up for Frontera Copper
A bidding war is emerging for Frontera Copper Corp. (FCC-T, FRCPF-O) that is pitting the Invecture Group against So…
UEX eyeing 40 million lbs. U3O8 at Hidden Bay
Vancouver – This fall UEX (UEX-T) leveled its 2009 resource-estimate sights on a target of 40 million lbs. U3O8 at …
Xstrata throttles back Sudbury nickel output, chops 686 jobs
Continued low nickel prices are forcing Xstrata (XTA-L) subsidiary Xstrata Nickel to step up the shrinking of its n…
Short Position Report (February 09, 2009)
TSX Short PositionsShort positions outstanding at Jan 31/09 (…
Red Back Mining posts record production in Q4
Mines in Mauritania and Ghana posted record production in the fourth quarter for gold producer Red Back Mining…
Daily Metal Prices (February 09, 2009)
Date Feb. 2 Jan. 30 Jan. 29 Dec. 28 Dec. 27 BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne) Al Alloy 1035/1070 1035/1070 1011/1050 1061/1129 1060/11…
North American Stock Exchange Indices (February 09, 2009)
52-week Date Feb 2 Jan. 30 Jan. 29 Jan. 28 Jan. 27 High Low S&P/TSX-Ven Comp 872.82 882.63 880.54 869.92 867.87 2814.88 678.62 TSX Composite 8624.83 8694.90 8762.76 8906.23 8759.63…
B2Gold Swoops In On Central Sun
VANCOUVER — With only hours to go before a 5 p. m. deadline on Jan. 30, Linear Gold (LRR-T, LGCFF-O) dropped its bid for Central Sun Mining (CSM-T, SMC-N) instead of topping B2Gold’s (BTO-T, BGLPF-O)…
Atlas Copco Simplifies Its Business In The US
Equipment-supply company Atlas Copco has combined its portable air operations and its construction tools business in the U. S. into the joint entity Atlas Copco Construction Equipment, to better targe…
Thermo Fisher Scientific Captures Good Design Award
X-ray experts Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO-N) have been awarded a Good Design award by the Chicago Athenaeum Museum for its Niton XL3t series handheld X-ray fluorescence (XRF) analyzers.