Articles by Northern Miner Staff

The year of trading dangerously

Metal prices in 1997 were satisfactory until the summer, when oversupply and a sagging Asian economy began to drive down the price of most precious and base metals.* Gold rang in 1997 at a spot price …


COMMENTARY — An historic juncture for gold

Twenty-three years ago, on New Year’s Eve, 1974, it finally became legal for Americans to buy gold.Ironically, just a few days earlier, on Christmas Day, all three gifts presented by the Magi to the n…












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