Articles by Northern Miner Staff

The return of investor confidence in a global economic recovery had the TSX composite index finishing the June 7-11 period higher.

The second week of June did not start well for the S&P/TSX Venture composite index, which fell for the first three days of the June 7-11 period, before managing two days of gains. By the end of th…

Comments from the World Bank that a double-dip recession cannot be ruled out, and nagging worries about the debt crisis sweeping Europe, caused U.S. markets to seesaw in the first three days of the Ju…

COURTESY OF SCOTIABANK

Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, June 15, 2010 (change from June 8 in brackets):

Date June 14 June 11 June 10 June 9 June 8 BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne) Al Alloy 1900/1860 1816/1840 1810/1835 1822/1845 1790/179…

Featured Fund: AGF Precious Metals (US$) as of 08/31/09 (in weighted order): Goldcorp, Kinross Gold, Iamgold, Central Fund of Canada, Agnico-Eagle Mines, Inmet Mining, Eldorado Gold, Randgold, Osisko …

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

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

Note: Vale will pay $0.24* per outstanding common or prf sh on Oct 20. Alcoa will pay a $0.75* div on it $3.75* cmltv pr stock on July 1, rec June 11. Franco-Nevada will start paying a semi-annual div…

as of 9 a.m. ET. June 8, 2010 (%) Bank of Canada 0.75 Target overnight rate 0.50 Canadian Prime 2.25 U.S. Discount Primary 0.75 U.S. Fed Funds market rate 0-0.25 U.S. Prime 3.2…

Australia (A$) June 8 June 1 Change Aquila Resources 8.3 9.04 -0.74 Bendigo Mining 0.22 0.22 0.00 Centennial Coal 4.21 4.11 0.10 Fortescue Res 3.92 4.04 -0.12 Iluka R…