The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index took a step back for the second straight week, falling 1.7%, or 15.99 points, before closing the trading period at 951.32 points. Emerging markets and China’s increasing credit risk were concerns…
VANCOUVER — Over the past decade Mark O’Dea has become one of the strongest members of a new generation of explorers bent on making discoveries and running public mining companies the “right” way.
Disappointing manufacturing data in China, battered currencies in many emerging markets and renewed anxiety over the U.S. Federal Reserve’s plan to taper its bond purchases slammed many North American equities. The S&P/TSX Composite…
Investors soured on U.S. equities over the holiday-shortened period, as the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 580 points to 15,879.11, the S&P 500 Index lost 51 points to 1,790.29 and the Nasdaq Composite Index was off 94 points to 4,128.17.
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index took a breather during the trading sessions following a month-long run that saw it close near a three-year high last week. The Venture dropped 9.03 points during the trading period en route to a…
Spot pricesCourtesy of ScotiabankTuesday, January 28, 2014Precious MetalsPrice…
The Northern Miner’s staff writer Matthew Keevil joined host Mark Forsythe on CBC Radio’s B.C. Almanac show in Vancouver this afternoon to discuss the B.C. government’s jobs plan and the state of the province’s mining…
Higher gold prices — up US$5.50 during the week to US$1,254.10 per oz. — helped lift the S&P/TSX Composite Index 1.02%, or 140.68 points, to 13,888.21. The S&P/TSX Global Gold Index climbed 6.67%, or 11.12 points, to 177.81;…
The story south of the border was a bit of a mixed bag as investors bought on positive earnings reports and rising industrial production, but sold on a decline in housing starts.
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index extended its rally during the trading sessions, with a 9.79-point gain leading to a 976.34-point weekly close, which marks the Venture’s highest close since April 2011. Market enthusiasm was fuelled…
VANCOUVER — Several months ago, explorer Xmet (TSXV: XME; US-OTC: XMTTF) hit the brakes on its acquisition of the resource-stage Duquesne–Ottoman gold project from Clifton Star Resources (TSXV: CFO) due to tough market…
Short positions outstanding on Jan. 15/14 (with changes from Dec. 31/13).
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