Articles by Northern Miner Staff

After a difficult year in 1990, the Canadian steel industry did not fully recover in 1991. At best, only eight blast furnaces were operating, compared with 10 as late as October, 1989. As a result, do…

Canada’s gold production, which increased rapidly during the 1980s, reached 5.7 million oz (177 tonnes) in 1991, compared with 5.4 million oz (167 t) in 1990. By comparison, production was 967,740 oz …

Western World demand for lead and zinc decreased in 1991. Zinc mine and metal production both rose from their 1990 levels, while lead mine output remained essentially unchanged and only a small fall i…

The international aluminum industry faced one of its most difficult years in 1991. While Western World demand for aluminum increased slightly over 1990, increased world production along with increased…

Silver prices trended downwards throughout the 1980s and reached a 17-year low of US$3.58/oz in February, 1991. Prices subsequently improved, due to strengthening demand and lower supplies, and averag…

John Hislop, Douglas Reason and Paul Esquivel appointed directors.

Mention Nevada’s Carlin Trend today and there is the immediate vision of gold, and lots of it. There’s more to it than that, though; the name also flags a major advance in metallurgy and deriving from…

The David Bell and Williams mines turned out 419,500 oz. gold to the account of Teck (TSE) in 1991, a 12% decrease from 477,100 oz. gold last year. Teck has a 50% interest in the two Ontario mines, wi…

In future, companies that spend money on exploration should not expect compensation if they are subsequently denied permission to mine. They should never assume they will be granted mining permits bec…

Toronto-based Wheaton River Minerals (TSE) has signed letters of intent to acquire both the Grew Creek deposit and the Ketza River project, which lie within 100 km of each other in the Yukon Territory…

Simple economics has persuaded The Toronto Stock Exchange to replace floor trading with a fully automatic equity trading system by the first quarter of 1993. TSE members recently voted in favor of the…

While other Toronto-based companies are flocking to less-regulated environments, Hemlo Gold Mines (TSE) plans to spend about 40% of its $15 million, 1992 grassroots budget on gold projects in Ontario….