Tips for gold seekers in China (December 25, 2007)
China’s mining history may stretch back 3,000 years, but when it comes to gold, the country has yet to find many wo…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Commentary: US Senate report debunks ‘climate consensus’
The following is the introduction to a newly published report by the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Commi…
TNM’s 2007 mining persons of the year: Agnico-Eagle’s Boyd and Scherkus
No company better embodies the spirit of Canada’s plucky gold mining sector today than Toronto-based Agnico-Eagle M…
First Quantum ups interest in Equinox to 17%
First Quantum Minerals (FM-T, FQM-L) is quietly buying up shares of fellow copper miner Equinox Minerals (EQN-T, EQXMF-O) for “investment purposes,” it says.
Goldcorp building Penasquito bigger, sooner
Vancouver — Goldcorp (G-T, GG-N) is expanding the Penasquito mine in Mexico before it’s even built, announcing a plan to increase mill throughput by 30% and accelerate the project development schedul…
People (December 24, 2007)
Aeroquest International — Gordon West has resigned as director; David Myers appointed director.
Castillian expands nickel-copper deposit
Due to lab delays, Castillian Resources (CT-V, CTIIF-O) may have to wait until the beginning of 2008 for a resource estimate on its Las Aguilias nickel-copper-platinum group element project, in Argent…
Lihir Gold restoring operations at Ballarat mine (December 24, 2007)
Vancouver — Following a recent rock fall at its Ballarat mine in Australia’s Victoria state, Lihir Gold (LGG-T, LIHR-Q, LGL-A) is moving to re-establish underground development operations.
Toronto Stock Exchange Dec. 11-17
As the TSX Composite Index plunged 553.25 points, or nearly 4%, to 13,387.11 over the Dec. 11-17 trading period, the Bank of Canada moved to lower interest rates and improve liquidity with a $205-mill…
TSX Venture Exchange Dec. 11-17
Gold slipping below US$800 per oz., coupled with year-end tax loss selling, prompted a 143.32-point drop in the S&P-TSX Venture Composite Index over the Dec. 11-17 trading session. The index close…
U.S. Markets Dec. 11-17
It was a woeful week for the U.S. markets. The housing slump continued to weigh heavily on the economy, and mortgage defaults further tightened the credit market over the Dec. 11-17 trading session. S…
Producer and Dealer Prices (December 24, 2007)
Antimony : Mid-mkt US$5,540/t.