Letter to the editor: Surge in geo students cramps U of T budget
I am writing to bring to the attention of the mining community the problems that we are having fulfilling the growi…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Producer and Dealer Prices (December 31, 2007)
Antimony : Mid-mkt US$5,540/t.
Editorial: Boyd and Scherkus build Agnico-Eagle into powerhouse
No company better embodies the spirit of Canada’s plucky gold mining sector today than Toronto-based Agnico-Eagle Mines, with its technical competence, unshakeable faith in gold, independent streak, a…
Surge in geo students cramps U of T budget
Letter to the Editor
Tahera seeks $40M to stay afloat
As 2007 comes to a close, Tahera Diamond (TAH-T, TAHEF-O) will go down as one of the more dire mining stories of the year.
Spot Prices Courtesy of Scotiabank Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2007 (December 31, 2007)
Precious Metals Price (US$/oz.) Change Gold $796.25 -10.50 Silver $13.97 -0.65 Platinum $1500.00 +38.00 Palladium $355.00 +10.00 Base Metals Price (US$/lb.) Change Nickel $11.59 -0.21…
Daily Metal Prices (December 31, 2007)
BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne)
LME Warehouse Levels (December 31, 2007)
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, Dec. 10, 2007 (change from Dec. 3 in brackets):
Digging into China’s vast, untapped, interior
SITE VISIT Xinhuru, Inner Mongolia, China — In the summer months, the sparse grasslands in this remote corner of China’s enormous Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region…
Extract joins uranium stampede in Namibia
SITE VISIT Swakopmund, Namibia — The high-pitched wail from the handheld spectrometer intensifies as the geologist creeps across the dry, rocky terrain of Extract Resources’…
Cross Lake’s QR gold mine in full production
Vancouver — Production is finally in full swing at Cross Lake Minerals’ (CRN-T, CRNKF-O) QR gold mine, near Quesnel, B.C.
Tips for gold seekers in China (December 31, 2007)
Beijing, China — China’s mining history may stretch back 3,000 years, but when it comes to gold, the country has yet to find many world-class gold deposits.