Strathmore receives superior offer for Pine Tree-Reno Creek
Uranium explorer Strathmore Minerals (STM-V) has received an unsolicited competing offer from an unidentified …
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Editorial: top mining stories of 2009
While many are thankful to leave an economically brutal 2009 behind, the year had its positive moments, too….
Goldcorp and Minera Penmont battle it out for Canplats Resources
Vancouver – The battle for Canplats Resources (CPQ-V) continues – the original all-share offer from Goldcorp (…
Editorial: Osisko trio our Mining Persons Of The Year for 2009
The Northern Miner’s Mining Persons of the Year for 2009 are Osisko Mining’s president and CEO Sean Roosen, vice-president of corporate development John Burzynski, and executive vice-president and chi…
A Few Literary Picks For The Holidays
In our second instalment of Reader’s Corner, 11 chief executives have kindly agreed to share with us their two favourite books of the last decade (and in some cases of all time) and titles they have r…
Survey Says Quarter Of Canadians Are Strong Supporters Of Mining
An Angus Reid survey has found that 25% of Canadians are strong supporters of mining while 14% say they are anti-mining.
Freewest Not Yet In The Bag For Cliffs
I have been following your coverage of the takeover struggle between Cliffs Natural Resources and Noront Resources for Freewest Resources Canada. As we all know, Noront seems to have been eliminated a…
People (December 28, 2009)
Anatolia Minerals Development — Howard Stevenson appointed VP and COO.
Toronto Stock Exchange -Dec. 15-17
The S&P/TSX composite index slid 72.63 points over the Dec. 15-17 trading period (shortened on account of The Northern Miner’s holiday production schedule).
TSX Venture Exchange -Dec. 15-17
Investors in companies listed on the S&P/TSX Venture composite index continued their trading frenzy over the Dec. 15-17 reporting period, keeping daily volumes above 125 million trades. The board …
U.S. Markets -Dec. 15-17
Investors continued to unwind some of their positions during the abbreviated Dec. 14-17 reporting period, sending the Dow Jones Industrial Average down 192.79 points or 1.84% to finish at 10,308.26, w…
Spot Prices (December 28, 2009)
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