Articles by Northern Miner Staff

The S&P/TSX Venture composite index gained four out of five days during the last week of July to close the week up 32.38 points at 1,427.36. Daily trading volumes remained low, averaging just 75 m…

The week of July 26-30 was a fairly moderate one for U.S. equities. The Dow Jones industrial average lost 0.4% or 41.32 points to close at 10,465.94, while the S&P 500 index lost 0.1% or 1.06 poin…

Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, July 27, 2010 (change from July 20 in brackets):

Antimony: Mid-mkt US$9,233.33 /t.

Date July 26 July 23 July 22 July 21 July 20 BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange –Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne) Al Alloy 2035/2035 2070/2020 2110/2040 2020/1985 1995/19…

52-week Date July 26 July 23 July 22 July 21 July 20 High Low S&P/TSX-Ven Comp 1403.46 1394.98 1388.42 1365.56 1363.20 1691.10 1123.64 TSX Composite 11746.67 11714.21 11667.76 11513.33 11629.88…

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

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

Note: Vale will pay $0.24* per outstanding common or prf sh on Oct 20. Alcoa will pay a $0.9375* div on it $3.75* cmltv pr stock on Oct 1, rec Sept 10. Franco-Nevada monthly div of 0.025 starting in J…

as of 9 a.m. ET. Aug. 2, 2010 (%) Bank of Canada 1.00 Target overnight rate 0.75 Canadian Prime 2.50 U.S. Discount Primary 0.75 U.S. Fed Funds market rate 0-0.25 U.S. Prime 3.2…

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No longer satisfied with just being the world’s number one iron ore producer, Vale (VALE-N) is looking to increase its heft in the copper market.