Alcan growing to meet aluminum shortage
Alcan (AL-T, AL-N) has secured 40% of the energy it would need to significantly expand its aluminum smelter in Iceland….
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Arctic diamond hunt heads east
Vancouver — With most of the best prospects in the Lac de Gras diamond camp already in senior company hands, Canadian diamond exploration companies have shifted their focus to less explored areas con…
Toronto Stock Exchange May 30-June 5
It was a bearish week for investors, as the TSX composite fell by 5.92 points to 11,699.49 over the May 30-June 5 period. The gold index followed the price of the yellow metal downward, ending off 1%…
TSX Venture Exchange May 30-June 5
While exploration companies listed on the TSX Venture Exchange haven’t benefited from the commodity and metals boom as much as senior and mid-tier producers, the fortunate few with significant discove…
U.S. Markets May 30-June 5
Equity markets Stateside were lower over the five trading days May 30-June 5, as sentiment grew that the Federal Reserve Bank was turning to a tight-money philosophy. Fed chairman Ben Bernanke, in a p…
LME Warehouse Levels (June 12, 2006)
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, June 5, 2006 (change from May 29 in brackets):…
NI 43-101 assay laboratory accreditation
Since National Instrument (NI) 43-101 came into effect, a number of misconceptions about Canadian mining disclosure standards have come up. In this article, we attempt to clarify one area where NI 43-…
Canadian Stock Exchange Indices (June 12, 2006)
| Date | June 5 | June 2 | June 1 | May 31 | May 30 | High | Low |
| S&P/TSX-Ven Comp | 2830.23 | 2856.98 | 28…
CNQ Trading (June 12, 2006)May 30-June 5, 2006… Daily Metal Prices (June 12, 2006)BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne)…  In search of leadership, needle points north for De Beers$982 million Capital cost of the Victor diamond project… Rough tradeWith the union’s rejection of management’s latest and “final” counter-offer on May 31, the two sides at BHP Billiton’s (BHP-N, BLT-L) Ekati diamond mine appear further apart than ever, more than eight… By continuing to browse you agree to our use of cookies. To learn more, click more information Dear user, please be aware that we use cookies to help users navigate our website content and to help us understand how we can improve the user experience. If you have ideas for how we can improve our services, we’d love to hear from you. Click here to email us. By continuing to browse you agree to our use of cookies. Please see our Privacy & Cookie Usage Policy to learn more. |