Stillwater awaits OK for Norilsk deal
Vancouver — Timing is crucial in the ever-volatile metals market, and this lesson is not lost on Stillwater Mining (SWC-N).Less than two years ago, when the price of palladium was soaring, the compan…
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Miners passed by in broad advance
The five trading days March 19-25 saw a modest advance by the U.S. stock markets, but gold and base metal equities were left out. Both major indices rose about 1%; the Dow Jones Industrial Average add…
Week-long dive on US markets
Things started badly on U.S. stock markets in the trading period March 5-11, and got steadily worse. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 180.81 points to 7,524.06, a loss of 2.3%, while the Standard…
Golds slip in bouncy trading
U.S. markets had a bouncy week, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average covering a 150-point spread in the report period Feb. 19-25, before settling at 7,909.50. The golds were down and the base metal p…
People (February 03, 2003)
Apex Silver Mines — Igor Levental appointed VP of investor relations and corporate development.Cattron Theimeg — Frank Rudge appointed VP and managing director.Coeur D’Alene — James Sa…
War fears dampen market
U.S. stock exchanges fell again, during the report period Jan. 22-28, passing their year-end levels on the way and wiping out the New Year rally. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index fell 29.08 points to c…
Markets top out
U.S. equity markets were broadly better as investors digested the big gains that followed the new year. In the report period Jan. 8-14, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 102.03 points to 8,842.62,…
Golds show life signs
U.S. markets moved sideways over the reporting period Dec. 11-17, but the mining stocks, particularly the golds, ran up substantially. The Dow, which fell 38.87 points to 8,535.39, was down slightly, …
Russian bear ambles into Stillwater, Montana
Operational setbacks and a precipitous drop in palladium prices have prompted cash-strapped Stillwater Mining (SWC-N) to ponder the unthinkable and become a subsidiary to the world’s largest palladium…
Stillwater mauled
The biggest news of the period under review was Noril’sk Nickel’s move to acquire a majority interest in troubled U.S. palladium-platinum producer Stillwater Mining for a combination of cash and physi…
Stillwater less profitable in Q3
Palladium producer Stillwater Mining (SWC-N) has endured another disappointing quarter, pocketing less than US$5 million in the three months ended Sept. 30.The US11-per-share profit comes on revenue …
Rally leaves golds behind
A strong rally in the U.S. markets over the report period Aug. 13-20 brought the Dow Jones Industrial Average up 4.6% and the broader Standard & Poor’s 500 up 6%.The Dow finished the period at 8,872.0…