Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Sabina Gold & Silver makes progress in Nunavut

Drill results from Sabina Gold & Silver’s (SBB-T, SGSVF-O) Back River project in southwestern Nunavut — 520 km northeast of Yellowknife, and 50 km southeast of Xstrata Zinc’s Hackett River silver-zinc project —…


Exchange rates

EXCHANGE RATES CANADIAN/U.S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate) Date Aug 6 Aug 3 Aug 2 Aug 1 July 31   US$ in C n/a…


Short position reports

TSX Short Positions                                   Short positions outstanding at Aug…



US markets

The Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 Index ended a five-week winning streak despite glimmers of hope that the U.S. Federal Reserve may provide more stimulus, and news that the European Central Bank could set targets in a new…


TSX Venture Exchange

The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index climbed for a second week, up 18.46 points in the period to end at 1,251.88 points after four days of gains. Volume was fairly consistent and reached an average of 68 million shares traded daily.


Toronto Stock Exchange

The S&P/TSX Composite Index slipped 7.66 points during the trading week to close at 12,082.23.


Saskatchewan potash developers pull in their horns

Rising costs and inconsistent downstream demand have taken a toll on potash and fertilizer producers during the first half of 2012, with volatile global markets now impacting the strategies of several mega miners in Saskatchewan’s…




Letters to the editor: Barkerville article ‘disturbing’

We have been very long-time subscribers of your newspaper as a source of factually correct information in the mining industry. We want to draw your attention to some serious errors found in your article, “Barkerville in the doghouse with…


Slower, lower, weaker at Olympic Dam

The beleaguered uranium subsector got a bit of an indirect boost in late August. The world’s biggest miner, BHP Billiton, declared as part of its year-end results that the 800-pound radioactive gorilla in the room — a planned…


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