Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Feasibility work on the Keystone gold project near Lynn Lake, Man., concludes that developing the BT deposit and reopening the Lynn mill is economic at current gold prices. Feasibility was overseen by…

British Columbia’s mines minister, Anne Edwards, had us worried. For the past couple of years, the industry has complained loudly about its awful plight. Yet Mines Minister Edwards seemed not to hear….

There are limits as to how far a mining company can go to return its operations to good health and profitability. There are external restraints besides those common to any competitive enterprise. Thes…

A new report on porphyry copper deposits has been published in the U.S. Porphyry Deposits of the Western Hemisphere is a series that analyzes oxide and sulphide porphyry systems and other bulk-tonnage…

Canadian companies searching for diamonds both at home and abroad: N.W.T. — Consolidated Abitibi Resources (ME) has arranged a private placement of 1.27 million flow-through shares from its treasury….

Week’s Price (US) Change Gold* $331.30 + $2.65 Silver* $ 3.65 – $0.01 Platinum* $356.90 + $8.45 Nickel** $ 2.73 + $0.05 Lead** $ 0.18 $0.01 Copper $ 0.99 + $0.01 Zinc $ 0.45 $0.00 Courtesy of Scotiaba…

The discovery of two new kimberlite pipes in the Northwest Territories lends credence to the theory that a major north-northwesterly trend dubbed the “corridor of hope” is associated with kimberlitic …

ALUMINUM: MW U.S. market US53-54 cents per lb. (Mar. 11, 1993). ANTIMONY: MW New York dealer US78-88 cents per lb. (July 30, 1992). BISMUTH: MW New York dealer US$2.35-2.70 per lb. (June 11, 1992). CA…

Gold production from interest in three open pits in Nevada increased to 82,281 oz. in 1992, up from 49,629 oz. in 1991, Rayrock Yellowknife Resources (TSE) reports. The higher output helped Rayrock po…

The recent production pattern of South Africa’s leading gold operation has defied the simple logic that declining gold prices should lead to the closure of high-cost mines and therefore a contraction …

Solvent extraction-electrowinning (SX-EW) has long served as a secondary source of copper for large U.S. producers, but the process is also gaining prominence among so-called stand-alone operations. I…

At a time when many North American mining companies are working projects in Central and South America, opportunities in Southeast Asia are in danger of being overlooked. Projects abound at all levels,…