NORTH AMERICAN STOCK EXCHANGE INDICES (November 17, 2008)
52-week Date Nov. 10 Nov. 7 Nov. 6 Nov. 5 Nov. 4 High Low S&P/TSX-Ven Comp 914.02 921.88 920.13 951.42 975.27 3048.54 800.57 TSX Composite 9688.80 9596.21 9555.41 9887.20 1…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Hana hits more copper at Ghanzi (November 17, 2008)
Vancouver — Hana Mining has (HMG-v) quadrupled the strike length of Zone 2 at its Ghanzi copper project, in northwestern Botswana, to 2 km. The zone is one of six Hana has targeted on the 4,370-sq.-k…
TSX SHORT POSITIONS (November 17, 2008)
Short positions outstanding at Oct. 31/08 (with changes from Oct. 15/08).
Mining policy, Venezuelan style (November 17, 2008)
Falling oil prices and the global credit crisis are fuelling Venezuela’s descent towards the lowest rungs on the ladder of investor confidence.
Potash One looks at solution mining in Saskatchewan
Vancouver — On the heels of an oversubscribed $10.4-million financing, Potash One (KCL-T, KCLOF-o) is starting prefeasibility work on the Legacy potash project in Saskatchewan, where it hopes to soon…
China’s GDP growth slows to a simmer
As chief economist for non-Japan Asia at Credit Suisse First Boston in Hong Kong and a former senior regional economist and head of China research at Schroders Securities Asia, Dong Tao is probably on…
CANADIAN GOLD MUTUAL FUNDS (November 17, 2008)
as of Sept. 31/08
Thompson Creek boasts stellar Q3
A sudden drop in molybdenum demand over the last few weeks has prompted Thompson Creek Metals (TCM-T, TC-n) to batten down the hatches.
Citigroup turns bearish across the board (November 17, 2008)
Vancouver– In a new commodity outlook Citigroup Global Markets predicts all base metal markets moving to surplus in 2009, meaning trough cycle prices will dominate through 2009.
Commentary: Are drillers better off today? (November 14, 2008)
Have you ever seen one of these? Shame on you: you’ve been around too long!
Apex out, Sumitomo in at San Cristobal
Apex Silver Mines (SIL-X) is selling its stake in the massive San Cristobal zinc and silver mine to Japan-based Sum…
Roxmark verifies gold resources at Northern Empire
Roxmark Mines (RMK-V) has confirmed that the Northern Empire gold mine near Beardmore, Ont., has an indicated resou…