Articles by Northern Miner Staff


TSX slips, Sept. 8-11

Canada’s main stock index fell 0.1% to 13,461.47 in the holiday-shortened trading week as Goldman Sachs trimmed its 2016 price forecasts for crude oil and the Bank of Canada said it would keep its key interest rate of 0.5% as the…


Richmont Mines' Island Gold gold mine near Wawa on the north shore of Lake Superior.

Richmont goes deep at Island Gold mine

At a time when many companies are putting exploration plans on hold to weather the downturn in metals markets, Richmont Mines (TSX: RIC; NYSE-MKT: RIC) is doing exactly the opposite.



US stocks rise, Sept. 8-11

U.S. equities stayed in positive territory despite U.S. consumer sentiment in September hitting its lowest level in 12 months, flat domestic producer prices in August, and worries about China’s slowing growth and shrinking imports (data…





TSX hits rough patch, Aug. 31-Sept. 4

Confirmation that Canada slipped into a narrow recession in the first half of the year (real gross domestic product contracted by 0.5% from April to June and by 0.8% from January to March), coupled with news that the unemployment rate in August…



Editorial: Signs of life in copper market

Glencore’s surprise decision to cut back its copper production coupled with stronger-than-expected Chinese copper import data have had a salutary effect on copper prices, which jumped 5% on Sept. 8 to record their biggest one-day…



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