Northern Miner Staff, Author at The Northern Miner

News July 24, 2006

Stornoway bidding for Contact, Ashton

Stornoway Diamond (SWY-T) is offering to take over two other diamond explorers to create a $200-million company, an…

News July 24, 2006

Redcorp drill results help revive Big Bull

Redcorp Ventures (RDV-T) saw its shares climbed nearly 7% after results from three holes at its Tulsequah project i…

News July 24, 2006

Barrick bid for NovaGold woos Grace from Pioneer

Vancouver – The strategic rationale behind Barrick Gold’s (ABX-T, ABX-N) all-cash bids for NovaGold Resources (NG-…

News July 24, 2006

Balancing water resources

Water management is a significant issue for mining companies — and this goes beyond finding enough water for operations and the disposal of wastewater….

Stock Markets/Investing July 24, 2006

Toronto Stock Exchange July 11-17

Stock markets around the world pulled back substantially during the July 11-17 report period as open warfare erupted on July 12 between Israel and terrorist groups Hezbollah in Lebanon and Hamas in th…

Stock Markets/Investing July 24, 2006

TSX Venture Exchange July 11-17

Continued strength in metal and commodity prices didn’t translate into trading strength on the TSX Venture Exchange during the report period July 11-17. The S&P-TSX Venture Composite Index shed 92…

Stock Markets/Investing July 24, 2006

U.S. Markets July 11-17

Stock markets in the United States felt the effects of rising oil prices during the trading period July 11-17, as the Standard & Poor’s 500 index fell 32.85 points, or 2.6%, to 1,234.49 and the Do…

News July 24, 2006