Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Mining companies looking to cash in on the unknown metallic minerals potential of Alberta should tread carefully, as there are untold and untested environmental and bureaucratic pitfalls around many c…

At a time when it is difficult to finance, develop and operate a hardrock metal mine, some junior mining companies are opting for less cost-intensive projects in the industrial or specialty mineral se…

Quebec’s mining industry should profit from this year’s projected moderate growth of the world economy. With the forecast increase in mineral consumption in 1993, the total value of mineral shipments …

Native land claims settlements coupled with a government campaign to encourage mining are providing fresh opportunities for exploration companies in Alaska. Environmental constraints remain, however. …

Although much has been said about the use of “G10” garnets as a indicator of diamond potential, two lesser known geochemical techniques are also effective diamond exploration tools. Nickel thermometry…

Helicopter-borne geophysical surveying for kimberlites in the Northwest Territories has been remarkably successful. The thin or non-existent glacial cover and the highly resistive bedrock are ideal co…

Mineral exploration in New Brunswick will be dominated by major companies in 1993 and will be almost exclusively directed towards discovery of base metals. Noranda Exploration, Brunswick Mining and Sm…

Exploration expenditures in British Columbia continue to decline. The major companies at least have a barrage of claims from which to choose and the ready cash to hold tight until political prospects …

Exploration activity may be on the wane in most parts of Canada, but not in the Northwest Territories. Canada’s North has been abuzz with activity in recent years, although much of it relates to signi…

An active player in the process of providing kimberlite core and bulk samples to mining concerns investigating kimberlite anomalies is Calgary-based S D S Drilling Ltd. The drilling contractor is invo…

It was not a great year for the chromium industry in 1992, which was characterized by oversupply and declining prices for chromite ore and ferrochromium. The price of high-carbon ferrochromium in the …

African countries, their economies tied to cash-crop production, have watched with despair the collapse for over a decade of international prices for their commodities. According to World Bank project…