Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Hauling material at Rio Tinto's and Harry Winston Diamond's Diavik diamond mine 300 km northeast of Yellowknife, Northwest Territories. Photo by Harry Winston Diamond

Harry Winston sees Q1 profits, revenues rise

Harry Winston Diamond’s (HW-T, HWD-N) first-quarter earnings of fiscal 2013 tripled to US$11.6 million on higher rough diamond sales and stronger retail performance, but missed analysts’ expectations. For the quarter ended April 30,…


Short position reports

TSX Short Positions                                   Short positions outstanding at June…



US Markets

U.S. factory output contracted in May for the second time in three months and consumer prices fell 0.3%, but news late in the week that major central banks were prepared to take collective action to provide liquidity and prevent a credit…


TSX venture exchange

The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index dropped 41.91 points after four days of losses outweighed one day of gains, ending at 1,251.02. Volume was also down for most of the period, but a spike at the end of the week left the average volume…



People

Animas Resources — Gregory McKelvey resigned as a director; Donald Ranta will not stand for re-election as a director; John R. Wilson and David Beling nominated for election as directors.Argex Mining — Normand Bergeron appointed a…



Obituary: Kinbauri founder Christopher Gleeson

After a 60-year career as distinguished scientist, explorer, pioneer and innovator, Christopher Gleeson has died of cancer.Born in Ottawa in August 1931 to Irish immigrants, Gleeson earned his B.Sc. from Loyola College in Montreal in 1953. He…



LME falling into Chinese hands

In another milestone of Britain’s century-long fading as a global power, the 135-year-old, privately held London Metal Exchange — the world’s premier non-ferrous metals market — looks set to be sold off to interests…


Continental Gold's Buritica gold project in Colombia. Photo by Continental Gold

Colombian drilling lifts Continental Gold

Strong drill results from nine diamond drill holes at the Buritica gold project in Colombia sent shares of Continental Gold (CNL-T) up 28¢, or 3.9%, to $7.38 apiece on June 4.Highlights from the holes drilled into the Yaragua system…


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