New Horizon for Canadian Natural Resources
By bringing its Horizon Oil Sands project in Alberta into production Canadian Natural Resources (CNQ-T) thrust itse…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Oilsands Quest leads the way in Saskatchewan’s oilsands
Vancouver – Not all of the Fort McMurray formation’s oilsands lie within the borders of Alberta. Oilsands Quest (…
Red Back Mining posts record net income in Q1
There aren’t many mining companies these days that are trading near the top of their 52-week price range but R…
Alpha and Foundation in US$2B coal merger
The big fish can use the attractive valuations created by the recession to get even bigger. This is the case in the…
Athabasca Minerals: Supplying the sandsbox
Vancouver – Aggregates. Sand and gravel. “I could write a book on them,” says Athabasca Minerals (ABM-V) vice-presi…
Lower nickel prices chip away at International Royalty’s Q1 revenues
A US$3.7 million decline in royalty revenue from the Voisey’s Bay mine drove first quarter revenues for Internation…
Friedland gets friendly with Potash One
The astronomical cost of bringing a potash mine into production will keep many juniors from developing their projec…
Soho classes up Tahuehueto
Vancouver – All aspects of Soho Resources’ (SOH-V) resource estimate for the Tahuehueto property in Mexico hav…
NovaGold gets slapped with environmental fine
NovaGold Resources (NG-T) will pay nearly US$900,000 to settle water-pollution charges in Alaska.
First Uranium raises $107 million
Adding $107 million to its coffers will allow First Uranium (FIU-T, FUM-J) to speed up construction of the pressure…
Barrick fights public relations battle in Papua New Guinea
While Barrick Gold (ABX-T, ABX-N) has decided to push ahead and build the Pascua Lama mine atop the Andean glaciers…
Iron ore: will benchmark pricing go?
With the growth of spot pricing for iron ore, it looks as if the existing system, based on a benchmark price set by…