Red-hot coal market will moderate: analysts
Coal has been a stellar performer lately, with prices advancing in recent contract negotiations for both metallurgical coal (coking coal), used in steel manufacturing, and thermal coal, used to produc…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Desert drilling returns strong iron grades for Anaconda
VANCOUVER — Promising drill results and an available drill rig prompted Anaconda Mining (ANX-T, ANXGF-O) to tack on an extra 4,200 metres to the drill program at its San Gabriel project in Chile, and…
CANADIAN GOLD MUTUAL FUNDS (June 30, 2008)
Featured Fund: AGF Precious Metals, as of 01/31/08 (in weighted order): Kinross Gold, Goldcorp, Yamana Gold, Inmet Mining, Iamgold, Central Fund of Canada, Agnico-Eagle Mines, High River Gold Mines, F…
Red Chris back on track for Imperial Metals (June 30, 2008)
VANCOUVER–The road has never been smooth for the Red Chris copper- gold project in northwest British Columbia. Now one more obstacle is out of the way.
LENDING RATES (June 30, 2008)
as of 9 a. m. ET, June 24, 2008 (%) Bank of Canada 3.25 Target overnight rate 3.00 Canadian Prime 4.75 U. S. Discount Primary 2.25 U. S. Fed Funds market rate 2.00 U. S. Prime …
Boom, Bust & Echo author calls for creative hiring spree
The mining industry has a five-year window to do some “creative” hiring in order to ensure a strong workforce for the future, according to renowned demographer and University of Toronto economics prof…
PEOPLE (June 30, 2008)
Agnico-Eagle Mines — Clifford Davis, J. Merfyn Roberts and David Garofalo appointed directors; Daniel Racine appointed senior VP of operations; Jean Robitaille appointed senior VP of Technical Servic…
TSX VENTURE EXCHANGE JUNE 17-23
The S&P-TSX Venture Composite Index lost ground over the June 17-23 trading session, sliding 32.46 points to close the session at 2,603.61. Average daily trading volumes retreated to 90 million.
PRODUCER AND DEALER PRICES (June 30, 2008)
Antimony: Mid-mkt US$6,400.00/t.
SPOT PRICES (June 30, 2008)
COURTESY OF SCOTIABANK
DAILY METAL PRICES (June 30, 2008)
CONVERSIONS OF WEIGHTS & MEASURES
NORTH AMERICAN STOCK EXCHANGE INDICES (June 30, 2008)
52-week Date June 23 June 20 June 19 June 18 June 17 High Low S&P/TSX-Ven Comp 2603.61 2616.31 2613.41 2628.80 2638.56 3341.56 2340.21 TSX Composite 14691.82 14580.67 14790.15 …