Articles by Northern Miner Staff

ALUMINUM: MW U.S. market US63.00-64.00 cents per lb. (Mar. 31, 1994). ANTIMONY: MW New York dealer US76-80 cents per lb. (June 10, 1993). BISMUTH: MW New York dealer US$2.35-2.65 per lb. (Sept. 23, 19…

Ever since the misguided Hunt brothers were cornered by the silver market at the beginning of the last decade, the price of silver has floated downward with few convincing breakouts on the upside. Thi…

A private placement worth $7 million has been arranged for Pangea Goldfields (CDN). The company received, from European and North American institutional investors, $4.6 million and expects to receive …

The glitter is fast fading from the Philippines’ once-thriving mining industry, which is slowly being strangled by excessive taxation, ambiguous policies and sagging prices abroad. “The death bell is …

A helicopter crash on March 24 claimed the lives of Robert Hewton, 47, and Christopher Westerman, 49. The well-known Canadian exploration geologists died in Ecuador where they were evaluating mineral …

The metal and mineral sub-index of Scotiabank’s commodity price index rose again in February alongside firmer prices for base metals. London Metal Exchange (LME) copper prices have strengthened from a…

Vancouver-listed Minefinders has outlined four gold zones on its two properties in Randolph Cty., N.C. A 5,000-ft. program of reverse circulation drilling on the Sawyer property confirmed the existenc…

Three new shallow copper oxide zones have been discovered by Minera Rayrock (TSE) on the company’s Sierra Valenzuela copper property in Chile. The Esperanza, Brac and Ancla were discovered with a shor…

After initiating an underground exploration program on the Contact Lake gold project in northern Saskatchewan last July, Cameco (TSE) has decided to put the deposit into production. The Contact Lake p…

A mobile, self-contained gold-processing plant is set to commence operations this month at the Cumaral property of Aronos Multinational (CDN) in Sonora, Mexico. The company says the plant, designed an…

Toronto-listed junior Redaurum Red Lake Mines, has been setting new production records half a world away. Earlier this month, the company’s 50% owned River Ranch diamond mine in southern Zimbabwe prod…

The Canadian government’s policy of having the central bank of Canada sell off its gold reserves will be wound down, according to Finance Minister Paul Martin. “We have come to pretty near the end of …