Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Peter Barnes appointed chief financial officer and director.

B. Newlove appointed director.

Hugh Grenfal appointed director.

Steve Bajic appointed vice-president of investor relations.

Rishi Walia appointed president and director.

John Cook appointed director.

Robin Slaughter appointed president and chief executive officer.

Base metal miner Noranda (NOR-T) plans to invest a total of $212 million in five capital projects in Quebec.The company’s copper operations will receive $142 million, while $70 million will be spent a…

Ecstall Mining (EAM-V) has resolved its differences with partner Inmet Mining (IMN-T) concerning the Gataga joint venture in north-central British Columbia by negotiating an option to increase its int…

ALUMINIUM: LME settlements US$1,323 per tonne (Oct. 22, 1996), alloy US$1,220 per tonne (Oct. 17, 1996).ANTIMONY: Composite free market, US$2,100 per tonne (Oct. 22, 1996).BISMUTH: Composite free mark…

Short positions outstanding at October 15, 1996Larger individual positions included: Barrick Gold 9,357,266, down 721,481; Agnico-Eagle Mines 627,043, down 67,435; AJ Perron Gold 318,400, up 127,500; …

In 1830, Russian intellectual Peter Chaadayev wrote a series of provocative essays which caught the attention of Nicholas Nadeshdin, publisher of the St.Petersburg journal Telescope. Nadeshdin had tim…