Oil sands projects face difficult, hyper-inflationary environment
Developing Canada’s oil sands is far more complex and expensive than conventional oil and gas production. Multi-bil…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
More consolidation expected in oil sands
News reports that India’s biggest oil producer, Oil & Natural Gas Corp. is negotiating to buy a 100% interest in an…
Japan Canada Oil Sands to quadruple production
For a decade now, bitumen production at Japan Canada Oil Sands’ (JACOS) Hangingstone demonstration plant near Fort …
Pelangio ready to ramp up in Ghana
With its reputation already established via its stake in the Detour Lake gold project in northern Ontario, Pelangio…
Kinbauri drilling returns 19.6 grams gold over 26.7 metres
The latest assays from Kinbauri Gold’s (KNB-V) infill drill program at the El Valle mine in Spain show high-grade m…
More silver in Bolivia for South American Silver
More results from South American Silver’s (SAC-T) Malku Khota project in Bolivia helped strengthen the company’s sh…
Higher input costs will start to squeeze margins, Citigroup says
Despite rising costs, mining companies will still be able to deliver “sustainably higher” earnings before tax and d…
The commodity supercycle: myth or reality? Part 9
Eric Sprott is firmly in the bullish camp. Sprott is CEO of Sprott Inc. (SII-T), chairman of Sprott Resource Corp. …
Equinox poised to produce uranium by 2010 (May 19, 2008)
VANCOUVER — A positive feasibility study has given Equinox Minerals (EQN-T, EQMIF-O) the confidence it needed to add a uranium recovery facility to its production- ready Lumwana copper in Zambia.
U. S. MARKETS MAY 6-12
U. S. stock indexes were mixed during the May 6-12 trading session. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 93 points, or 0.7%, to 12,876. The Standard and Poor’s 500 Index declined 4 points, or 0.2%, t…
METALS COMMENTARY (May 19, 2008)
Amid capital market turbulence, the global metals sector has seen a rush of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and will continue to do so, according to a new report issued by PricewaterhouseCoopers (P…
Western Bushveld has more to give to Platinum Group
Platinum Group Metals (PTM-T, PLG-X) picked a good time to release its first resource for one of the projects on its joint-ventured Western Bushveld property in South Africa.