Northern Miner Indices (August 19, 2002)
NORTH AMERICAN MINING INDEXCompanyTickerWeightBarrickABX-T23.2%CamecoCCO-T3.2%FalconbridgeFL-T5.2%Freeport BFCX.B-N5.8%GoldcorpG-T4.2%IncoN-T9.2%Meridian GoldMNG-T2.8%Newmont MiningNE…
Teck Resources Limited
Knife fight heads to court
Unable to come to terms with the Canadian exploration division of De Beers over the signing of a joint-venture agreement concerning the Knife Lake project in Nunavut, Rhonda (RDM-V) has ended discussi…
Dynasty gets what it bargained for at Pebble
Even though the main deposit at the Pebble copper property is considered a plum in itself, it was really the exploration potential of the surrounding 250-sq.-km land package in Alaska that sustained t…
Bench mark, golds and base metals raised a notch
The Toronto Stock Exchange’s Composite Index traded in a narrow range over the Aug. 7-13 report period to finish modestly ahead, at 6,528.98 points. The benchmark is nearly 10 points higher than a wee…
TSE Short Positions (August 19, 2002)
Short positions outstanding at July 31, 2002Larger individual positions includeAgnico-Eagle 5,867,009 up 808,433; Alcan Inc. 871,161 down 324,145; Aur Resources 579,245 down 56,116;…
Golds bounce back, market looks slack
Despite some hundred-point days, the Toronto Stock Exchange moved sideways during the report period July 31-Aug. 6, with the TSX Composite index closing at 6,519.16, up a meagre 7.98 points over the f…
Northern Miner Indices (August 05, 2002)
NORTH AMERICAN MINING INDEXCompanyTickerWeightBarrickABX-T23.2%CamecoCCO-T3.2%FalconbridgeFL-T5.2%Freeport BFCX.B-N5.8%GoldcorpG-T4.2%IncoN-T9.2%Meridian GoldMNG-T2.8%Newmont MiningNE…
Equities bounce back at gold’s expense
The widespread rally in the global stock markets, which started on July 25, pulled the Toronto Stock Exchange TSX Composite index up 350.1 points in the report period July 24-30. The index closed at 6…
Plunging power profits hit Teck
Vancouver — Artificially high power prices brought on by an energy shortage in the U.S. battered the bottom line of Teck Cominco (TEK-T) in the second quarter.The world’s largest zinc miner earned $8…
Global market shock hits TSE
The report period July 17-23 saw further steep declines on stock markets worldwide, and the Toronto Stock Exchange was no exception. The TSX Composite index lost 534.58 points, or about 8% of value, a…
Northern Miner Indices (July 29, 2002)
NORTH AMERICAN MINING INDEXCompanyTickerWeightBarrickABX-T23.2%CamecoCCO-T3.2%FalconbridgeFL-T5.2%Freeport BFCX.B-N5.8%GoldcorpG-T4.2%IncoN-T9.2%Meridian GoldMNG-T2.8%Newmont MiningNE…
TSE Short Positions (July 29, 2002)
Short positions outstanding at July 15, 2002Larger individual positions includeAber Diamond 371,442 down 108,881; Agnico-Eagle 5,058,576 down 256,686; Alcan 1,195,306 down 692,465;…