BC Breaks Records
The annual PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) survey of the mining industry in British Columbia laid out in numbers the resurgence of mining in the province, where high metal prices, buoyed by increased shi…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
No Market Reward for U3O8 Drill Results
Although the price of U3O8 has maintained its steady ascent, U3O8 (UWE-V, UTREF-O) — the company — watched its share price plummet 25% in one day recently, on the news that it intersected uranium in…
Upkeep Brings Suncor Output Down
A drop in production at its Fort McMurray, Alta., oilsands operation has prompted Suncor Energy (SU-T, SU-N) to lower its 2007 production forecast to 255,000-265,000 barrels per day (bpd) from a maxim…
Bid-Ask — May 15-21, 2007
STOCK EXC BID ASK LAST HIGH LO Agau Res V 0.40 0.46 0.43 0.66 0.30 Allied Nevada T 5.31 5.49 5.35 6.50 4.50 Andean Res T 0.60 0.70 … 0.69…
Lending Rates (May 28, 2007)
as of 9 a.m. ET, May 21, 2007(%)
Syncrude Earns $713 Million in Q1
Syncrude Canada’s newest coker may have gotten off to a rocky start, but overall, the expansion of its Fort McMurray, Alta.-area oilsands project has resulted in a huge first-quarter gain in earnings …
Southern Arc Up After Typo Corrected
A typo on a press release outlining recent drill results on Southern Arc Minerals’ (SA-V, SOACF-O) West Lombok copper-gold property, in Indonesia, delayed an enthusiastic market reaction to news of a …
Producer and Dealer Prices (May 28, 2007)
Antimony: Mid-mkt US$5,345/t.
LME Warehouse Levels (May 28, 2007)
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, May 21, 2007 (change from May 14 in brackets):
Daily Metal Prices (May 28, 2007)
BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne)
Orko Thinks Martha Vein Intercept a Good Thing
Vancouver — Recent drill results from Orko Silver’s (OK-V, OKOFF-O) La Preciosa project in Durango state, Mexico, which cut a number of mineralized intercepts, have the company optimistic about boost…
Eastplats Plots Bigger, Better Smelter for Crocodile River
Vancouver — As part of a refurbishment plan, Eastern Platinum (ELR-T, ELR-L) is looking to upgrade platinum group metal (PGM) smelting capacity at its subsidiary’s Crocodile River mining complex in S…