Meridian Capital acquires Thistle debt (November 08, 2004)
Standard Bank London and the Standard Bank of South Africa have sold their interests in certain senior finance docu…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
US vote casts spell on gold
Election day jitters south of the border sent gold US$7.20 per oz. lower to US$419.70 per oz. in New York on the first Tuesday in November. The one-day drop pushed the yellow metal US$8.55 lower over the Oct. 27-Nov. 2 report period, and the rest…
Juniors feel pinch as gold drops
During the Oct. 27-Nov. 2 report period, TSX Venture Exchange-listed companies traded lower as a group as the gold price lost ground, owing to a strengthening U.S. dollar. The S&P-TSX Venture Exchange index was down 54.38 points, or some 3%, durin…
Geotechnical training video
The Australian Centre for Geomechanics has developed a training video for open-pit coal mining that aims to increase productivity and safety by taking a geotechnical approach.
Obituary: Charles E. Michener
Charles E. Michener, who found some of Inco’s most prolific nickel properties by pioneering airborne geophysical systems, has died. The Canadian Mining Hall of Fame member was 97.
TSX re-jigs tickers
The
Tulsequah Chief resource firmed up (November 08, 2004)
Redfern Resources, a unit of
More gold, yet another structure at Pelangio’s Detour Lake
Tahera lines up financing for Jericho
Jericho Camp, Nunavut — Now that
Gold Fields circles the wagons (November 08, 2004)
As part of its 3-pronged defence plan against
More stoping methods
The following is an excerpt from the ninth edition of Mining Explained, published by The Northern Miner.
Protection plan
The proposed sale of Hudson Bay Mining & Smelting is an elephant-and-mouse deal like almost no other. Anglo American, one of the world’s largest mining companies, is ready to sell a large integrated mine-and-smelter operation to a small Toronto-ba…