Crowflight hits high-grade nickel near workings at Bucko Lake
Vancouver – Expansion drilling at the new Bucko Lake nickel mine is proving up a new high-grade zone just 100 met…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
MagIndustries raises $26M for Kouilou
Vancouver – A $26-million financing is giving MagIndustries (MAA-V) enough cash to continue phase I construction …
$40.5 million for Semafo
West-Africa-focused Semafo (SMF-T) plans to raise $40.5 million through a bought deal financing, the company report…
Tough first quarter for Iberian
It was a tough quarter for Iberian Minerals (IZN-V) and with prices of base metals fluctuating, the company warned …
Cozamin reserves and mine life grow for Capstone
Vancouver – May was a busy month for Capstone Mining (CS-T) and on the first of June investors took note, lifting…
Niger joins first line of uranium producers
Tom Bell makes two startling predictions for Niger’s vast uranium resources.The State College, Pa.-based consulti…
Marathon improves metallurgy recoveries
Recent metallurgical testing improves the net present value of the Marathon PGM’s (MAR-T) platinum group metals and…
Red Back: Big growth through DRC
After kicking the tires for over two years, Red Back Mining (RBI-T) finally decided to take the plunge.The compan…
Syncrude Works At Reclamation In The Oilsands
Having been one of the earlier entrants into the oilsands in the 1970s, Syncrude, one of the largest oilsands operators, has had some practice with reclamation.
Anti-Mining Bill Heads To Committee
The 20th trading week of the year was marked by the beginning of committee work on one of the more anti-miner bills to move through Canada’s House of Commons in recent years. Bill C-300, also cited as…
TSX Venture Exchange – May 19-25
Over the May 19-25 reporting period, the S&P/TSX Venture composite index continued to regain some of last year’s lost ground. Four consecutive days of frugal gains were followed by a small 0.08-po…
LME Warehouse Levels (June 01, 2009)
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, May 26, 2009 (change from May 19 in brackets):