Articles by Northern Miner Staff

The Earth has been emitting and absorbing carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) for more than half a billion years. The primary sources of current emissions are the roughly 500 active volcanic fields on the planet’s…

The Northern Miner’s editorial comments on climate change leave me mystified. A recent example is the editorial in the Dec. 7- 13/09 issue, but the substance and tone have remained largely the same fo…

A plane crash near Iamgold’s (IMG-T, IAG-N)Niobec mine in Quebec’s Saguenay region has left two flight crew members dead and two passengers in hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

Note: Alcoa will pay US93.75 cents per share on its US$3.75 cmltv prf stk payable Jan 1, record close Dec 11. Freeport Mc- MoRan Copper & Gold will pay $0.60* div with the first payment of $0.15* …

as of 9 a.m. ET. Dec 15, 2009 (%) Bank of Canada 0.50 Target overnight rate 0.25 Canadian Prime 2.25 U.S. Discount Primary 0.50 U.S. Fed Funds market rate 0-0.25 U.S. Prime 3.2…

CANADIAN/U. S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate) Date Dec. 14 Dec. 11 Dec. 10 Dec. 9 Dec. 8 US$ in C$ 1.0593 1.0585 1.0519 1.0552 1.0604 C$ in US$ 0.9440 0.9447 0.9507 0.9477 0.9…

Australia (A$) Dec. 15 Dec. 8 Change Aquila Resources 9.1 8.95 0.15 Bendigo Mining 0.24 0.24 0.00 Centennial Coal 3.53 3.31 0.22 Fortescue Res 4.38 4.21 0.17 Iluka Re…

Nevada Copper (NCU-T) has updated a March 2008 preliminary economic assessment on its Pumpkin Hollow copper project near Yerington, Nev., incorporating a high-grade underground scenario with a much lo…

An advanced-stage gold project in Mexico will soon be in the hands of two Canadian juniors.

As soon as Rubicon Minerals (RMX-T, RBY-X) completes a $25-million first-phase drill program at the Phoenix gold project in Red Lake at the end of the first quarter of 2010, it will embark on a $60-mi…

VANCOUVER — With the receipt of a positive prefeasibility study, Avanti Mining (AVT-V) has taken another step towards its goal of reopening the historic Kitsault molybdenum mine in northern British C…

VANCOUVER — Dipping into its US$800-million treasury, First Quantum Minerals (FM-T) is buying Zambian base metals explorer Kiwara (KWR-J) in a cash-and-shares deal worth US$260 million. Investors hap…