Lending Rates (December 31, 2007)
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Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Tips for gold seekers in China (December 31, 2007)
Beijing, China — China’s mining history may stretch back 3,000 years, but when it comes to gold, the country has yet to find many world-class gold deposits.
Cross Lake’s QR gold mine in full production
Vancouver — Production is finally in full swing at Cross Lake Minerals’ (CRN-T, CRNKF-O) QR gold mine, near Quesnel, B.C.
Extract joins uranium stampede in Namibia
SITE VISIT Swakopmund, Namibia — The high-pitched wail from the handheld spectrometer intensifies as the geologist creeps across the dry, rocky terrain of Extract Resources’ (EXT-T, EXT-A) Husab uranium project…
Digging into China’s vast, untapped, interior
SITE VISIT Xinhuru, Inner Mongolia, China — In the summer months, the sparse grasslands in this remote corner of China’s enormous Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region are used primarily by locals…
LME Warehouse Levels (December 31, 2007)
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, Dec. 10, 2007 (change from Dec. 3 in brackets):
Daily Metal Prices (December 31, 2007)
BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne)
Spot Prices Courtesy of Scotiabank Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2007 (December 31, 2007)
Precious Metals Price (US$/oz.) Change Gold $796.25 -10.50 Silver $13.97 -0.65 Platinum $1500.00 +38.00 Palladium $355.00 +10.00 Base Metals Price (US$/lb.) Change Nickel $11.59 -0.21 Lead $1.10 0.00 Copper $2.85…
Tahera seeks $40M to stay afloat
As 2007 comes to a close, Tahera Diamond (TAH-T, TAHEF-O) will go down as one of the more dire mining stories of the year.
Surge in geo students cramps U of T budget
Letter to the Editor
Editorial: Boyd and Scherkus build Agnico-Eagle into powerhouse
No company better embodies the spirit of Canada’s plucky gold mining sector today than Toronto-based Agnico-Eagle Mines, with its technical competence, unshakeable faith in gold, independent streak, a…
Michigan approves Eagle mine (December 31, 2007)
Rio Tinto (RTP-N, RIO-L) subsidiary Kennecott Eagle Minerals will be going ahead with its Eagle nickel-copper mine in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, following approval by the state’s Department of E…