U.S. markets were closed on Jan. 18 for the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday and see-sawed the rest of the week, as West Texas Intermediate crude dipped below US$27.98 per barrel on Wednesday before finishing up 5.5% to US$32.20. The European…
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index hit historic lows, as it dropped 1.1%, or 5.29 points, en route to a 483.67-point weekly close. Monetary stimulus measures were on the horizon for many of the world’s major economies, as European…
In mid-January, The Northern Miner was once again privileged to host the latest in our popular series of Roundtable discussions featuring a who’s who of mining leaders in Canada. Held in downtown Toronto and sponsored by accounting…
Short positions outstanding at Jan. 15/16 (with changes from Dec.31/15).
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index is reaching historic lows, falling 5%, or 25.71 points, to a 488.96-point close.
VANCOUVER — It’s hard to find a flaw in Kaminak Gold’s (TSXV: KAM; US-OTC: KMKGF) Coffee gold project, 130 km south of Dawson City in the Yukon. The economics of a proposed heap-leach operation have held up through…
VANCOUVER — It has taken half a year of negotiations for Lundin Gold (TSX: LUG; US-OTC: FTMNF) to come to a financial agreement with the government of Ecuador to develop its flagship Fruta del Norte high-grade underground gold deposit, 80…
U.S. stocks retreated, continuing the U.S. market’s worst-ever start to the calendar year, as oil prices tumbled and investors worried about the health of the Chinese economy. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 2.2% to 15,988.08 and the…
It was a nasty week on the markets as oil sank below US$30 per barrel for the first time since 2003 and the Canadian dollar dropped below US69¢ for the first time in 13 years, closing at US68.82¢. The S&P/TSX Composite Index…
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index stayed near the lowest point in its history, falling 2.1%, or 10.99 points, to a 514.77-point weekly close.
Yellowknife-based Dominion Diamond (TSX: DDC; NYSE: DDC) is the latest Canadian miner to land in the cross hairs of activist shareholders. On Dec. 21, Toronto-based hedge fund K2 & Associates Investment Management emailed a letter…
VANCOUVER — It’s now a “survival of the fittest” story for copper miners, according to Canaccord Genuity analyst Peter Bures, and commodity markets might not offer much relief for at least two years. Over the past 12…
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