Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Orbit Garant Drilling (OGD-T) has acquired Advantage Control Technologies (ACT). As part of the transaction, Orbit Garant will buy specialized technologies and equipment, while also expanding its oper…

Asia Now Resources — Lieng-Seng Wee resigned as a director; Chan Wing Kwong (commonly known as Wing Chan), John Lee Luen Wai, Alex Tjokrorahardjo and Ng Tai Chiu appointed directors.

The TSX composite index was off 39 points to 12,892 points for the Nov. 22-26 trading period despite solid data on retail spending and signs of inflation. Along with such bullish indicators came incre…

The last full week of November saw the S&P-TSX Venture composite index bounce back above the 2,000-point threshold after slipping below it the week before. The index ended up 61.13 points at 2,057…

The Dow Jones industrial average fell 111.55 points or 1% to finish at 11,092.00, while the S&P 500 index slipped 10.33 points to 1,189.40. Nasdaq added 16.44 points to reach 2,534.56. The Philade…

COURTESY OF SCOTIABANK Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2010 Precious Metals Price ( US$/oz.) Change Gold $1375.00 +14.00 Silver $27.13 -0.18 Platinum $1651.00 -11.00 Palladium $697.00 +12.00 Base Me…

Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, Nov. 29, 2010 (change from Nov. 22 in brackets):

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

Daily Metal Prices Date Nov. 29 Nov. 26 Nov. 25 Nov. 24 Nov. 23 BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange –Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne) Al Alloy 2220/2190 2200/2170 2210/2180 …

*as of Sept. 30/10

52-week Date Nov. 29 Nov. 26 Nov. 25 Nov. 24 Nov. 23 High Low TSX Composite 12895.65 12892.71 12945.81 12901.99 12793.75 13114.05 10990.41 S&P/TSX-Ven Comp 2050.80 2057.00 2049.01 2023.58 2001.52…

Short positions outstanding at Nov. 15/10 (with changes from Oct. 31/10).