Articles by Northern Miner Staff


Roskill: Turbulence in store for iron ore

London-based resource market analyst Roskill Information Services predicts continued volatility in the iron ore market to 2020, based on the findings of its recent report entitled: Iron Ore: Market Outlook to 2020 (7th ed.).


Seismic risk: high

Editorial: When Harry met Ekati

This week’s long-anticipated, US$500-million sale by BHP Billiton of its 80% stake in the Ekati diamond mine in the Northwest Territories and its remaining worldwide diamond assets to Harry Winston Diamond marks another epochal change in…


Silver Wheaton president and CEO Randy Smallwood.

Silver Wheaton CEO predicts ‘strong fourth quarter’

Management of streaming company Silver Wheaton (SWL-T, SLW-N) were ready to focus investors’ attention on record quarterly silver-equivalent production, but it was a drop in sales volumes and subsequent rollback in dividend payments that…



Andina jumps on Hochschild’s $103M takeover bid

Shares of Toronto-based junior Andina Minerals (ADM-V) have nearly doubled, as it has agreed to a $130-million, all-cash takeover by Peru-based precious metals producer Hochschild Mining (HOC-L).


Osisko Mining CEO Sean Roosen.

Osisko to acquire Queenston

It’s not easy these days for chief executives and their boards to strike a balance between shareholders who scream for growth and those who demand consistent free cash flow and higher dividends.


Milling facilities at Centerra Gold's Kumtor gold mine in the Kyrgyz Republic. Source: Centerra Gold

Centerra’s Atkinson shows the way at Kumtor

Despite weak earnings due to a seven-week shutdown at its flagship Kumtor gold mine, 60 km south of the Chinese border in the Kyrgyz Republic, Toronto-based Centerra Gold (CG-T) has two big reasons to celebrate its third-quarter results: it has…


QMX Gold looks forward to brighter days ahead

VANCOUVER — At the beginning of the year Toronto-based producer QMX Gold (QMX-T) — then Alexis Minerals — had quite a lot on its plate. The company was trying to stabilize operations at its Lac Herbin gold mine in Val-d’Or,…



The company's manager of community relations Karina Yavar (left) talks to a geologist at the Bob 1 camp site in Peru.

Cuervo jumps back into action in Peru

CUZCO, PERU — Iron ore explorer Cuervo Resources (FE-C) may be on to something big as it drills off the Bob 1 zone, one of the two large targets on its flagship Cerro Ccopane iron ore property in southern Peru.


Black Iron is in the black in the Ukraine

Low operating costs and close proximity to steel mills in Turkey, Europe and the Middle East make Black Iron’s (BKI-T) Shymanivske iron ore project in the Ukraine a compelling proposition despite fluctuations in the iron ore price, the…


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