Market catches gold fever
Denver — The Dow Jones industrial average surged again after a brief respite, climbing 384.27 points, or 3.5%, to 11,257.24, its highest point in 15 months. The Nasdaq hit 2313.85.Spot gold on the Ne…
Stillwater Mining Company
Northern Miner Indices (May 21, 2001)
NORTH AMERICAN MINING INDEXCompanyTickerWeight (%)Barrick GoldABX-T19.3ComincoCLT-T5.1FalconbridgeFL-T6.7Franco-Nevada MiningFN-T6.3Freeport McMoRan Cop’r BFCX-N6.7Homestake MiningHM-N4….
Northern Miner Indices (May 14, 2001)
NORTH AMERICAN MINING INDEXCompanyTickerWeight (%)Barrick GoldABX-T19.3ComincoCLT-T5.1FalconbridgeFL-T6.7Franco-Nevada MiningFN-T6.3Freeport McMoRan Cop’r BFCX-N6.7Homestake MiningHM-N4….
Franco has banner year
For a company whose principal assets are unhedged gold royalties, Franco Nevada Mining (FN-T) had an unusually good year ended March 31.The Toronto-based royalty company turned a $113.4-million profit…
Market rally gathers steam
Denver — The Dow Jones industrial average chugged ahead, gaining 444 points, or 4.2%, in the April 25-May 1 report period to close at 10,898.34, its highest point since mid-February.Most issues were …
Northern Miner Indices (May 07, 2001)
NORTH AMERICAN MINING INDEXCompanyTickerWeight (%)Barrick GoldABX-T19.3ComincoCLT-T5.1FalconbridgeFL-T6.7Franco-Nevada MiningFN-T6.3Freeport McMoRan Cop’r BFCX-N6.7Homestake MiningHM-N4….
Northern Miner Indices (April 30, 2001)
NORTH AMERICAN MINING INDEXCompanyTickerWeight (%)Barrick GoldABX-T19.3ComincoCLT-T5.1FalconbridgeFL-T6.7Franco-Nevada MiningFN-T6.3Freeport McMoRan Cop’r BFCX-N6.7Homestake MiningHM-N4….
Rate cut propels market rally
Denver — The Dow Jones industrial average continued climbing after the U.S. Federal Reserve announced a surprise interest rate cut of 0.5%. The market finished the April 18-24 report period up 237.61…
Stillwater rakes in record profit
Denver — Platinum producer Stillwater Mining (SWC-X) posted record earnings of US$29.4 million (or 75 per share) for the first quarter of 2001, compared with US$6.9 million (18 per share) in the co…
Northern Miner Indices (April 23, 2001)
NORTH AMERICAN MINING INDEXCompanyTickerWeight (%)Barrick GoldABX-T19.3ComincoCLT-T5.1FalconbridgeFL-T6.7Franco-Nevada MiningFN-T6.3Freeport McMoRan Cop’r BFCX-N6.7Homestake MiningHM-N4….
Idaho Consolidated active at Stillwater complex
Denver — Idaho Consolidated Metals (IDO-V) expects to begin its first round of drilling on the Stillwater complex in southwestern Montana.The junior, which owns 110 sq. km adjacent to the platinum pa…
Dow, gold continue climb
Denver — The Dow Jones industrial average climbed 113.99 points, or 1.1%, during the holiday-shortened report period April 11-17 to close at 10,216.73.Comex spot gold on the New York Mercantile Excha…