Lean and mean has gone too far
The following is an open letter from Buzz Hargrove, the departing national president of the Canadian Auto Workers Union, the largest private sector union in Canada and representative of about 7,500 Ca…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Editorial: Conflicts and confusion
While the crash in junior mining stocks started to level off during the week ended Aug. 30, the 35th trading week of 2008, there remained quite a few open-ended, confusing situations for miners and th…
Clear skies in Qinghai for Eldorado Gold (September 08, 2008)
As the first North American gold producer in China, Eldorado Gold (ELD-T, EGO-X) has a lot to smile about.
Minco-Sterling merger a no-go
VANCOUVER — Minco Silver (MSV-T, MISVF-O) has cancelled its plans to take over Sterling Mining (SMQ-T, SRLM-O).
DRC sounds sour note on Tenke
Words from the mouth of a mines ministry official of the Democratic Republic of the Congo have been anything but music to the ears of Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold (FCX-N) and Lundin Mining (LUN-…
Minco adds Sterling to its silver portfolio
VANCOUVER — The company advancing the Fuwan silver property in China, Minco Silver (MSV-T, MISVF-O), is taking over Sterling Mining (SMQ-T, SRLM-O), proprietor of the Sunshine silver mine in Idaho, t…
GobiMin back on track, CFO says
VANCOUVER — With rebounding revenues, a doubled up indicated resource at Yellow Mountain and a new copper discovery at Yanxi, summer has been much kinder to GobiMin (GMN-V, GMNFF-O) than winter.
Getting your permits in China (September 08, 2008)
HONG KONG — Miners intending to enter China’s vast mining and mineral exploration scene need to know the ropes when it comes to the country’s minerals regulatory regime.
Inmet and Petaquilla make nice
Inmet Mining has moved closer to its (IMN-T, IEMMF-O) dream of taking Petaquilla Copper (PTC-T, PTQLF-O) out of the picture at the Petaquilla copper project in Panama, by boosting its bid for the juni…
Silvercorp turning on China’s silver tap (September 08, 2008)
Record production brought in higher revenues for Silvercorp Metals (SVM-T, SVMFF-O) in the latest quarter, and the company maintained its status as one of the industry’s lowest-cost silver producers.
CPM releases vanadium study
New York City-based CPM Group has released its 2008 vanadium industry outlook. The report forecasts that the demand…
Bear Creek boosts Santa Ana silver (September 05, 2008)
Vancouver – A new resource estimate for Bear Creek Mining’s (BCM-V) Santa Ana silver deposit in southern Peru has a…