Articles by Northern Miner Staff

For junior miners looking to go public, TMX Group’s (X-T) presentation on going public in Toronto in November offered some helpful advice.

VANCOUVER — Two weeks of intense negotiations and due diligence between Western Coal (WTN-T) and Walter Energy (WLT-N) has produced a formal $3.3-billion agreement to merge the two companies and crea…

VANCOUVER — An updated feasibility study for Imperial Metals’ (III-T) Red Chris project in northwest British Columbia says a $443-million investment would build a mine able to produce 74 million lbs….

A private placement earlier this year, in which Sino Minerals Corp., formerly China Nonferrous Metals Exploration, took a 35.09% equity stake in Nova Scotia-based Silvore Fox Minerals (SFX-V), is star…

Despite some poor economic indicators — such as Canada’s account deficit widening to its largest level since 1946 — investors were still holding to the theme of upside potential going forward. Such …

U.S. stocks finished the Nov. 29-Dec. 3 week with a strong performance, amid mixed economic data. While U.S. retailers reported strong November sales, a new jobs report showed unemployment had risen t…

COURTESY OF SCOTIABANK

Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, Dec 6, 2010 (change from Nov. 29 in brackets):

Antimony: Mid-mkt US$10,100/t.

Short positions outstanding at Nov. 30/10 (with changes from Nov. 15/10).