Red metal shows record growth
The U.S. copper industry enjoyed its fourth consecutive year of record consumption in 1999. Copper consumption in the first 10 months of 1999 was 3.4% higher than in 1998.In Canada, consumption betwee…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
News – 17-JUL-00 (July 17, 2000)
I am seeking information on Edward Michael Doyle (Pat to his friends). He enlisted in the Royal Canadian Engineers from Kirkland Lake in 1940 and returned after the war. Mr. Doyle was a gold miner, an…
Info sought on Wm Wood
Can you help me find some details about my uncle, William Wood. He was born in 1883 in Cinderford, England, and, sometime in the 1920s, emigrated to Canada and worked in the mines. He was killed in a …
Clean labs for a dirty business
It seems the mining industry rarely makes the daily papers unless something gives it a black eye. Witness the coverage “conflict diamonds” has been receiving in the mainstream press, and the political…
McWatters raises $27m for Quebec mines
Val d’Or, Que.-based McWatters Mining (MCW-T) has begun to recover financially following the completion of two separate deals that provide the gold miner with $27 million in long-term financing.The fi…
Duck Pond drilling looks like money well spent
A year of drilling has done a lot to advance the Duck Pond base metal deposits, 15 km south of here, from mineral deposits to potential mines.Joint-venture partners Thundermin Resources (THR-T) and Qu…
Tracing the history of the Hope Bay deposits
The Hope Bay gold deposits are making news, yet the actual history of discovery has not been well-documented. I would like to set the record straight on the discovery of the Boston and Doris mineral o…
Metal Prices (July 10, 2000)
BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne)Aluminium1553/15751560.50/1580.501564/158…
South Malartic hits more gold
Exploration drilling by South Malartic Exploration (MSU-T) at its Croinor gold project, east of Val d’Or, Que., continues to yield positive results.The junior has proved the existence of flat-lying, g…
Iamgold drills in Ecuador
After many months of groundwork, drills have begun turning at Iamgold’s (IMG-T) Retazos project in southern Ecuador.Over the past 18 months, the Markham, Ont.-based junior has assembled a dominant lan…
Homestake doubles stake in Round Mountain
Homestake Mining (HM-N) will buy a 25% interest in the Round Mountain gold mine from Case Pomeroy (CASPA-O) for US$42.9 million. The mine is in central Nevada.The acquisition doubles Homestake’s inter…
Vaaldiam eyes fissures
Vaaldiam Resources (VRL-V) is set to acquire the Zuurverdiend diamond property, in South Africa’s Northern Province, from De Beers Consolidated Mines (DBRSY-Q).Vaaldiam is already exploring four diamo…