Articles by Northern Miner Staff

News May 6, 2002

Producer and Dealer Prices (May 06, 2002)

Antimony: Mid-mkt US$1,250/t.Bismuth: Mid-mkt US$3.15/lb.Cadmium: Mid-mkt US$0.25/lb.Chromium: Mid-mkt ores US$65.00/t.Cobalt: Recent trades US$7.50-8.35/lb.Copper: Comex July US$0.739/lb.Indium: Indi…

News May 6, 2002

TSE renames CDNX, revamps TSE 300 Index

It looks as if “rebranding” fever has hit the Toronto Stock Exchange hard.In a follow-up to its $50-million takeover of the Canadian Venture Exchange (CDNX) in May 2001, the TSE has renamed the junior…

News May 6, 2002

US producers mixed over gold rally

Despite a rally in bullion prices, U.S. gold producers were a mixed bag during the April 24-30 report period.Newmont Mining dove US73 to US$28.51 on a volume of 19.4 million shares, whereas AngloGold…

News May 6, 2002

Spot Prices Wed. May 1, 2002

Precious MetalsPrice (US$/oz.)ChangeGold$308.30+$3.80Silver$ 4.54-$0.04Platinum$523.00-$…

News May 6, 2002

Revenue, earnings down at SPCC

First-quarter earnings at Southern Peru Copper (PCU-N) were weaker on lower production and lower realized copper prices. For the quarter ended March 31, the company earned US$6.4 million on revenues o…

News May 6, 2002

Northern Miner Indices (May 06, 2002)

NORTH AMERICAN MINING INDEXCompanyTickerWeight (%)Barrick GoldABX-T25.5CamecoCCO-T4.1FalconbridgeFL-T5.3Franco-Nevada MiningNMC-T7.0Freeport McMoRan Cop’r BFCX-N5.7IncoN-T9.2Newmont Mini…

Regulatory Issues May 6, 2002

Editorial: Tales of the bubble

Last week, we examined some proposals to improve the quality and integrity of financial advice available to the public. While it has been suggested that the investing public will pay for good advice, …

News May 6, 2002

Lending Rates (May 06, 2002)

as of 4 pm ET, April 30, 2002(%)Bank of Canada2.50Canadian Prime4.00U.S. Discount1.25U.S. Prime4.75LIBOR US$ 3-month1.92LIBOR US$ 6-month2.12LIBOR US$ 1-year2.63Gold lease 3-month0.37Gold lea…

News May 6, 2002