TSX Venture drops, June 1-5
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index succumbed to falling commodity futures and global macroeconomic uncertainty during the trading period, dropping 2.60 points before closing at 689.85 points.
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Commentary: Indians’ view of gold – A barbarous relic for a barbarous present
Many people try to find a correlation between inflation and gold price, often using the U.S. dollar as their base currency. They ignore that the biggest gold consumers — in rural parts of India and China — are not driven by…
Short Position Report
TSX Short Positions Short positions outstanding at May 31/15 (with changes from May…
Aureus beats Ebola to pour first gold at New Liberty
Just a month and a half behind schedule and three weeks after the World Health Organization (WHO) marked the end of the Ebola outbreak in Liberia, Aureus Mining (TSX: AUE; LSE: AUE) celebrated the first gold pour at its New Liberty open-pit…
Global gold market steady through Q1
The following is an edited summary released by the World Gold Council based on their Gold Demand Trends report for the first quarter. For more information, please visit www.gold.org.
Thompson Creek mastering Milligan’s mill,but shutters Endako mine
VANCOUVER — It’s a tale of two B.C. mines for producer Thompson Creek Metals (TSX: TCM; NYSE: TC). The company is achieving operational reliability at its low-cost Mount Milligan copper-gold asset, and it also put its Endako…
Eldorado improves economics at Certejin Romania
Eldorado Gold (TSX: ELD; NYSE: EGO) has released a feasibility study on its 80.5%-held Certej project in central Romania, showing modest returns that are in-line with analyst expectations.
Editorial: Transparency Act kicks in
The first day of June saw the coming into force in Canada of the Extractive Sector Transparency Measures Act, which compels extractive companies to publicly report any significant payments they make to governments at home and abroad.
Site visit: Amara showcases its Yaoure gold deposit in Cote d’Ivoire
YAMOUSSOUKRO, CÔTE D’IVOIRE — Past the hazy black smoke in the West African commercial city of Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, is a lush green jungle that inexplicably covers an ancient craton teeming with gold.
EduMine’s Simon Houlding wins Vale medal
Growing up in Zimbabwe after World War II, completing an engineering degree at the University of Witswatersrand in Johannesburg, and working at Jones & Wagener, a specialist firm of consulting engineers and scientists based in South Africa,…
Analysts weigh in on BHP spinoff South32
In April BMO Capital Markets initiated coverage of BHP Billiton (LSE: BLT) spin-off South32, (LSE: S32; US-OTCBB: SOUHY)commenting that the shares of the newly created mining company “represent a more compelling investment than BHP…
TSX Venture drops, May 25-29
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index lost ground, dropping 1.6%, or 11.03 points, before finishing at 692.45 points. The performance followed poor first-quarter results from the U.S. and Canadian economies, which both contracted over the…