Articles by Northern Miner Staff


TNM ARCHIVESTwo of Alcan's hydroelectric plants in the Saguenay-Lake St. Jean region of Quebec. The Chute-a-Caron plant (upper left) was completed in 1931; Shipshaw (bottom) was built in the early 1940s to aid the expansion of the Arvida smelter during the Second World War.

Alcan’s Canadian history

1900 — A contract for hydroelectric power is signed with Shawinigan Water & Power Co. in Shawinigan, Que. A year later, the first ingot, weighing 716 kilograms, is produced.




New Gold raises $375M

Vancouver — New Gold (NGD-T, NGD-X) has closed a $375.3-million financing, leaving the company with some $400 million in the bank to fund mine development at its New Afton copper-gold project in sout…




Panel formed to review foreign investment

On the heels of London-based Rio Tinto’s (RIO-N, RIO-L) friendly takeover bid for Montreal-based Alcan (AL-T, AL-N), comes news that the federal government will create a Competition Policy Review Pane…


Jinshan closes offering

Vancouver — After recently cancelling a planned private placement citing dilution concerns, Jinshan Gold Mines (JIN-T, JINFF-O) has closed a $20-million debt financing to raise funds for Chinese expl…



CNQ Trading – July 10-16, 2007

STOCK TICKER VOLUME HIGH LOW LAST CHANGE HIGH LOW Bannockburn Res BKNN 181 8.10 7.55 7.55 0.00 8.10 0.405 CDG Invest CDGI 10 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.00 0.065 0.01 Copper…


Dundee finds funds

Vancouver — Dundee Precious Metals (DPM-T, DPMLF-O) has $74 million in the bank after closing a bought-deal financing.


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