More consolidation expected in oil sands
News reports that India’s biggest oil producer, Oil & Natural Gas Corp. is negotiating to buy a 100% interest in an…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Japan Canada Oil Sands to quadruple production
For a decade now, bitumen production at Japan Canada Oil Sands’ (JACOS) Hangingstone demonstration plant near Fort …
Pelangio ready to ramp up in Ghana
With its reputation already established via its stake in the Detour Lake gold project in northern Ontario, Pelangio…
Kinbauri drilling returns 19.6 grams gold over 26.7 metres
The latest assays from Kinbauri Gold’s (KNB-V) infill drill program at the El Valle mine in Spain show high-grade m…
More silver in Bolivia for South American Silver
More results from South American Silver’s (SAC-T) Malku Khota project in Bolivia helped strengthen the company’s sh…
Higher input costs will start to squeeze margins, Citigroup says
Despite rising costs, mining companies will still be able to deliver “sustainably higher” earnings before tax and d…
The commodity supercycle: myth or reality? Part 9
Eric Sprott is firmly in the bullish camp. Sprott is CEO of Sprott Inc. (SII-T), chairman of Sprott Resource Corp. …
Odds ‘n’ sods: Making the best of a turndown
In the family room, cocktail hour was sliding into high gear. The telephone rang. My wife answered it and handed me the receiver. “It’s for you.”
PEOPLE (May 19, 2008)
Alcoa– Michael Schell appointed VP of business development and law; Klaus Kleinfield appointed president and CEO.
From Los Alamos to the rock face (May 19, 2008)
A new diamond technology developed at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico has promising applications in drilling and cutting tools for the mining industry.
METALS COMMENTARY (May 19, 2008)
Amid capital market turbulence, the global metals sector has seen a rush of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and will continue to do so, according to a new report issued by PricewaterhouseCoopers (P…
Equinox poised to produce uranium by 2010 (May 19, 2008)
VANCOUVER — A positive feasibility study has given Equinox Minerals (EQN-T, EQMIF-O) the confidence it needed to add a uranium recovery facility to its production- ready Lumwana copper in Zambia.