Articles by Northern Miner Staff

General Electric’s (GE-N) transportation wing GE Transportation and Japanese equipment manufacturer Komatsu have delivered 17 AC mining trucks to Hindustan Zinc’s operations in India.

Chris Fleming, VP of metallurgy at SGS Mineral Services, has been awarded the Canadian Mineral Processor of the Year by the Metallurgical Society of CIM (MetSoc).

Canadian consulting engineering firm BBA has announced the opening of a new office in Labrador City, Labrador, in an effort to solidify business interests in an area it has been active in for 20 years…

Canadian Shield Resources — Fernando Pickmann appointed a director.

Sovereign debt issues across the pond hit global markets hard over the Feb. 2-8 period and Toronto was no exception. The TSX composite index fell by over 200 points to finish the period at 11,115.30.

Concerns that some European countries too saddled with debt to shake free from the recession will slow the global recovery continued to hurt the S&P-TSX Venture composite index over the Feb 2-8 tr…

The Feb. 2-8 trading period was a losing one due partly to worries over Greece’s troubled debt situation, which is being backed by Eurozone countries. Investors are still worrying about Europe’s finan…

COURTESY OF SCOTIABANK

Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, February 9, 2010 (change from Feb. 2 in brackets):

Antimony: Mid-mkt US$5750.00/t.

Date Feb. 8 Feb. 5 Feb. 4 Feb. 3 Feb. 2 BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne) Al Alloy 1840/1865 1855/1890 1905/1930 1915/1940 1910/1935 A…

*as of Dec. 31/09