Articles by Northern Miner Staff

TSX falls on global fears

The TSX Composite Index resumed its moribund ways as it fell 19 points to finish at 12,387.54 points for Sept. 6-9 period. Continued worries over European and U.S. debt levels played on investor’s fears, and gold even lost some of its luster in…


Venture slips in shortened Sept. 6-9 period

Vancouver – The oscillations on the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index continued in the shortened September 6 to 9 period, this time dropping 25.26 points to end at 1,785.10 points. Volume edged up again, averaging 79.2 million shares traded…



Cutting the ribbon at Copper Mountain, starting second from left: Consul General of Japan Hideki Ito; Mitsubishi Materials president and CEO Hiroshi Yao; and Copper Mountain Mining president and CEO Jim O'Rourke. Photo by Ian Bickis

Copper Mountain opening marks new era in BC mining

With the simple snip of a copper-tinged ribbon, Copper Mountain Mining (CUM-T) CEO Jim O’Rourke, Mitsubishi Materials CEO Hiroshi Yao and Consul General of Japan Hideki Ito officially opened B.C.’s first major metals mine of the twenty-first…


Trucks at Agnico-Eagle Mines' Meadowbank gold mine in Nunavut. Photo by Salma Tarikh

Agnico’s two pearls in Nunavut

It’s been a tough and ambitious foray in Canada’s Arctic for Agnico-Eagle Mines (AEM-T, AEM-N), but one that holds much promise. 









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