Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Although the price of nickel has fallen below US$4 per lb on the London Metal Exchange, the sound of alarm bells has been faint. Few analysts, if any, foresee the base metal rallying to sustained high…

Toronto-based Noranda Minerals, a unit of Noranda (TSE), recently acquired 489,900 shares of Societe Miniere Louvem (TSE), bringing its stake in the Val d’Or, Que., company to 3.2 million shares or 21…

Underground exploration work has been resumed by Belmoral Mines (TSE) on Yorbeau Resources’ (TSE) Astoria gold project, three miles south of Rouyn-Noranda, Que. Drifting is under way at the AW-zone on…

Drilling by Black Hawk Mining (TSE) has more than doubled reserves at the company’s 100% owned Minago nickel project in Manitoba. The 17-hole, 27,000-ft program has increased reserves from four millio…

Exploration on the 6th level of the Duquesne mine, about 19 miles north of Rouyn-Noranda, Que., has identified the continuity toward the west of the main mineralized zones, Radisson Mining Resources (…

Redfern Resources (TSE) has signed an option agreement with Cumberland Resources (VSE). The deal gives Redfern the right to earn 50% of Cumberland’s interest in a base metals project held under option…

A seminar on Canadian high-tech application in mining will be held Feb. 21, in Sudbury, Ont. It is co-sponsored by Datem Ltd., the Centre in Mining and Mineral Exploration Research, and Mining Industr…

Societe Miniere Louvem (TSE) and parent company St. Genevieve Resources (TSE) have applied to a Quebec court for a provisional injunction to halt surface exploration at the Louvicourt Twp. massive sul…

Exceptional widths are being encountered at the Francoeur gold mine, owned equally by Rouyn Mining Resources (TSE) and LAC Minerals (TSE). Situated near Rouyn, Que., the Francoeur mine entered product…

Economists have been warning that a recession is just around the corner for at least the past several years. This year, with increasing evidence that the economy is indeed slowing down, the talk is be…

Central Crude (TSE), which is moving ever closer to the Hemlo Gold Mines (TSE)-Noranda (TSE) fold, is also becoming much more active in the exploration field, with Noranda as operator. Central Crude n…

The 14th Congress of the Council of Mining and Metallurgical Institutions will be held July 2-6 in Edinburgh, Scotland. The focus will be the expanding range of minerals and materials required by cont…