Amplats sets River Valley budget
Satisfied with its partner’s progress, Anglo American Platinum of South Africa has provided Pacific North West Capital (PFN-T) with another $2.3 million to advance the River Valley platinum-palladium …
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
GREATEST VALUE TRADED, JANUARY 9-15
ExchgVal($000s)HighLowCloseChangeFranco-NevT71404125.9522.8125.85+2.95…
Oversubscribed UK auction revitalizes gold miners
Despite pre-auction jitters, gold soared $8.60 over the Jan. 9-15 report period to land at a London morning fix of US$287.95 per oz. on Jan. 16.On that day, the Bank of England sold another 20 tonnes …
Daily Metal Prices (January 21, 2002)
BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne)DateJan. 15Jan. 14Jan. 11Jan. 10Jan. 9Aluminium1379/139…
Exchange Rates (January 21, 2002)
CANADIAN/U.S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate)DateJan. 15Jan. 14Jan. 11Jan. 10Jan. 9US$ in C$1.58971.59711.59721.60…
Northern Miner Indices (January 21, 2002)
NORTH AMERICAN MINING INDEXCompanyTickerWeight (%)Barrick GoldABX-T25.5CamecoCO-T4.1FalconbridgeFL-T5.3Franco-Nevada MiningFN-T7.0Freeport McMoRan Cop’r BFCX-N5.7IncoN-T9.2Newmont Mining…
Canadian Stock Exchange Indices (January 21, 2002)
DateJan. 15Jan. 14Jan. 11Jan. 10Jan. 9HighLowTSE 3007643.907623.287701.937722.387775.78…
Producer and Dealer Prices (January 21, 2002)
Antimony: Mid-mkt US$1,080/t.Bismuth: Mid-mkt US$3.25/lb.Cadmium: Mid-mkt US$0.27/lb.Chromium: Mid-mkt ores US$65.00/t.Cobalt: Recent trades US$6.79-8.50/lb.Copper: Comex Mar. US$0.—-/lb.Indium: Ind…
Ford takes writedown on PGM stockpile
Ford, the world’s second-largest automaker, has taken a US$1-billion writedown on its inventory of platinum group metals used in catalytic converters. The measure is part of an overall US$5.7-billion …
Correction (January 21, 2002)
In our Jan. 14-20 issue, we reported Valerie Gold had bought 5.3 million shares of Sultan Minerals, 5.1 million shares of Emgold Mining and 3.2 million shares of Cream Minerals. These are actually the…
Gold Funds (January 21, 2002)
Gold Funds as of January 10, 2002Dundee Precious MetalsCentral FundNet Value$15.00$5.86Price$10.05$5.73…
Spot Prices Wed. January 16, 2002
Precious MetalsPrice (US$/oz.)ChangeGold$287.95+$8.60Silver$ 4.67-$0.08Platinum$476.00+$…