Northern Russia showing sparkle for Silver Bear
Vancouver – In its third year exploring the Mangazeisky silver project in northeast Russia Silver Bear Resources …
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Porcupine proving its potential for Helio
Vancouver – Drilling at Helio Resource’s (HRC-V) Porcupine target in southwestern Tanzania continues to…
Mining policy, Venezuelan style (November 10, 2008)
Dia Bras Exploration plans mill at Bolivar mine
A pilot mining program at the Bolivar mine in the Piedras Verdes district of Mexico’s Chihuahua state h…
Orezone beefs up Bombor resource
Orezone Resources (OZN-T, OZN-X) has nearly tripled gold resources at the Bomboré project in Burkina Faso to…
Early winter hits Teck’s Red Dog (November 10, 2008)
Teck (TCK. B-T, TCK-t) says that “adverse weather conditions” have forced it to send off its final container ship early and without a full load from its Red Dog zinc-lead mine in Alaska, easily the wo…
Commentary: Asbestos mortality: a Canadian export
— The following is an edited version of an editorial that appeared in the Oct. 21, 2008, edition of the Canadian Medical Association Journal. The footnotes have been removed, but are available in the…
TORONTO STOCK EXCHANGE – OCT. 28 -NOV. 3
Mining stocks helped boost the S&P-TSX Composite Index over the Oct. 28-Nov. 3 trading period. The TSX rose nearly 14% or 1,284 points to 9,721, giving investors some hope that we’ve reached the b…
TSX VENTURE EXCHANGE – OCT. 28 -NOV. 3
Market winds finally reversed direction during the Oct. 28-Nov. 3 trading week on the S&P-TSX Venture Composite Index. The board posted five consecutive gains to close up 126.6 points at 935.6. Tr…
Liberty shuts down nickel mines
Vancouver — Its Redstone mine has been in production for just over a year and its McWatters mine is in preproduction ramp-up, but falling nickel prices have forced Liberty Mines (LBE-t) to put both o…
PRODUCER AND DEALER PRICES (November 10, 2008)
Antimony: Mid-mkt US$6,383.33/t.
Vale slashes iron ore production, trims nickel output
Saying that it is “adjusting to the new global economic scenario,” iron ore giant Vale (RIO-n) is dramatically scaling back its iron ore mining in Brazil in order to cope with an estimated 20% product…