Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Drillers at Hana Mining's Ghanzi copper-silver project in Botswana. Photo by Hana Mining

Hana plunges on Ghanzi PEA disappointment

Hana Mining’s (HMG-V) share price dropped 68% after the company released a long-awaited preliminary economoc assessment (PEA) on the Banana zone and zone 5 at its 70%-owned Ghanzi copper-silver project in northeastern Botswana.The news…


China's demand for mineral resources affects mining and exploration worldwide. Pictured above: Shanghai's skyline. Photo by Josephine Lim

The China paradigm and commodity demand

After hosting two days of meetings with government policy advisors, experts and consultants about China’s medium- to long-term demand for commodities, the Nomura Group concludes the country’s industrial demand is “moving to…


Changes for Ivanhoe as Rio Tinto takes driver’s seat

Ivanhoe Mines (IVN-T, IVN-N) is shifting gears as it adjusts to Rio Tinto (RIO-N) having acquired a majority ownership stake in the company, and first production approaches at its Oyu Tolgoi copper-gold-silver mine in Mongolia.Ivanhoe released…


Is more uranium consolidation on the way?

The Fukushima nuclear disaster may have winded the nuclear power and uranium markets, but the furious pace of consolidation in the uranium mining sector is leaving investors betting on the next takeover target.So far this year, no less than…


Exchange rates

EXCHANGE RATES CANADIAN/U.S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate) Date May 28 May 25 May 24 May 23 May 22   US$ in C 1.0241…



U.S Markets

Volatility remains the buzzword following a roller-coaster ride of a week on Wall Street that saw indexes plunge to multi-month lows before rebounding to modest weekly gains. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell to 12,315.95 before making a…


TSX Venture Exchange

The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index clawed back much of the steep losses it had suffered the week prior, gaining 81.39 points to end the period at 1,309.27 points after four days of straight gains. The gains came despite fairly low volumes,…



People

Abzu Gold — Allan Serwa resigned as CEO; Tim McCutcheon appointed CEO and a director.Alcoa — Max Laun appointed VP and general counsel; Donna Dabney top retire Aug. 1 as VP and corporate secretary; Audrey Strauss appointed chief…



Commentary: Let’s not rush into carbon sequestration

Removing atmospheric carbon dioxide produced by burning fossil fuels is becoming a popular issue among environmentalists and government environmental agencies. But the issue needs more study of possible side effects.Anthropogenic global warming…


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