Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Daily Metal Prices (January 17, 2005)
BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne)…
States’ rights
The State of Michigan has passed a law regulating mining of non-ferrous metals, one that Governor Jennifer Granholm says will be “the toughest set of mining regulations” in the United States.
Grinding circuit breakthrough
The discovery that ball mill circuit performance is not controlled by a single “efficiency” but rather by two distinct and active efficiencies was first proposed by Robert McIvor in 1987 in his McGill University thesis. Now, validation of his theo…
Exchange Rates (January 17, 2005)
CANADIAN/U.S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate)…
Producer and Dealer Prices (January 17, 2005)
Antimony: Mid-mkt US$2,760/t.
Copper is king in British Columbia
Vancouver — Mineral exploration and development in British Columbia have emerged from a bad nightmare caused by weak commodity prices and an unsupportive previous provincial government.
Large resource at Lumina’s Regalito
Vancouver — An independent estimate suggests
Yukon exploration heats up
Whitehorse, Y.T. — In an effort to improve its economy, the Yukon government is rolling out the welcome mat as it tries to lure companies back into exploring and mining in the territory. Buoyed by a resurgence in metal prices on the heels of devo…
The Northern Miner Indices (January 17, 2005)
North American Mining: 107.04 (+0.31)…
Nevsun rises over Eritrea talks
The week of Jan. 5-11 saw the price of gold fall to US$420 per oz. on Jan. 10 before climbing back up to US$421.35, where it closed in the afternoon in London (down US$6.40 over the period). The gold index was down one point to close at 198.69. Th…