Canada

Thompson Creek provides the lowdown on Mt. Milligan

VANCOUVER — As the old adage goes, it tends to always be darkest before the dawn, and that seems an apt description for Colorado-based molybdenum (moly) player Thompson Creek Metals (TCM-T, TC-N). The company is bulling through a stage of…


[Update] Alexis is set for change

Alexis Minerals (AMC-T) looks to redeem itself by restarting the Snow Lake gold project in Manitoba with the help of a much needed financing.





Prophecy Platinum sees promising signs at Wellgreen

VANCOUVER — Things keep rolling along for Vancouver-based exploration outfit Prophecy Platinum (NKL-V) at its flagship Wellgreen platinum group metals (PGM) and nickel project in the Yukon Territories. The company released a flurry of…




Exchange rates

EXCHANGE RATES CANADIAN/U.S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate) Date May 21 May 18 May 17 May 16 May 15   US$ in C N/A 1.0210 1.0164 1.0102 1.0029  …


Editorial: Stainless steel turns 100

Looking for an excuse to celebrate something in mining? Look no further than the one-hundredth anniversary of the invention of stainless steel — that wonderfully shiny, hard, corrosion-resistant alloy that’s one building block of a…


Commentary: Canada’s rise as an energy superpower

Canada is rapidly becoming recognized as one of the world’s energy superpowers. Canada is the leading foreign supplier of oil to the U.S. — delivering nearly twice as much each year as Saudi Arabia — and is the origin of 90%…


A hilltop at First Point Minerals' Decar nickel project in northern British Columbia. Photo by The Northern Miner

First resource for Cliffs’ and First Point’s Decar

A maiden resource estimate on Cliffs Natural Resources’ (CLF-N) and First Point Minerals’ (FPX-V) Decar nickel-iron alloy project in northern B.C. has delineated almost 3 billion lbs. nickel in the ground. The inferred resource on…


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