Editorial: Forex manipulators fined
It’s getting hard to keep up with all the price-fixing scandals in the global banking system, even if the names of the guilty and the patterns of abuse and settlement are getting familiar.
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Hudbay hits commercial production at Constancia
Hudbay Minerals (TSX: HBM; NYSE: HBM) has stayed on course with its ambitious growth plans over the last five years, bringing online three new mines, with the latest being the large Constancia copper-molybdenum-gold-silver mine in Peru.
Facts ‘n’ Figures: Norton Rose Fulbright tracks rise in legal disputes
The following is an edited excerpt from Norton Rose Fulbright’s summary of its 2015 Litigation Trends Annual Survey. The survey polled more than 800 corporate counsel representing companies across 26 countries. For more information and to…
Focus Ventures keeps busy at Bayovar 12 in Peru
Focus Ventures (TSXV: FCV) has made progress in a short time at its Bayovar 12 phosphate project in northern Peru — but it wasn’t always focused on phosphate.
BitGold surges on TSXV debut
If you believe, as Roy Sebag and Josh Crumb do, that the real value in gold is not holding it as an investment but using it as money, then you should check out BitGold (TSXV: XAU), the company they founded that uses an Internet-based technology…
Norman B. Keevil: A lifetime of achievement at Teck
In 1979 The Northern Miner named Norman B. Keevil its Mining Man of the Year, citing the impressive string of mine constructions he presided over in the 1970s. Since winning that award Dr. Keevil went on to ensure Teck was part of some of the…
Editorial: Renewed focus on mine safety in Ontario
A newly released coroner jury’s verdict and recommendations stemming from the two-week inquest into the deaths of two miners at Vale’s underground Stobie nickel mine in Sudbury, Ont., in 2011 has met with wide approval from all…
Northern Miner opens the TSX
The Northern Miner’s editorial and sales team, led by publisher Anthony Vaccaro and editor-in-chief John Cumming, had the honour of opening the Toronto Stock Exchange on May 7.
TSX slides, May 4-8
Poor jobs data and a decline in energy stocks after the New Democratic Party majority win in Alberta sent the S&P/TSX Composite Index down 1.1% to 15,170.02. The S&P/TSX Capped Diversified Metals & Mining Index fell 2.8% to 805.08,…
TSX Venture loses ground, May 4-8
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite took a step back during the trading sessions, as it closed down 1.2%, or 8.28 points, at 691.15 points. Energy stocks suffered after an NDP win in oil-rich Alberta, while U.S. data revealed employment growth in…
Tahoe CEO talks post-merger growth strategy
VANCOUVER — It’s been just over a month since Tahoe Resources (TSX: THO; NYSE: TAHO) merged with Rio Alto Mining to create a leading mid-tier precious metals producer, but the new management team hasn’t wasted any time turning…
US equity indexes post marginal gains, May 4-8
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported non-farm employers added 85,000 jobs in March, lower than its estimate of 126,000 jobs. In April employers added 223,000 jobs, trimming the unemployment rate to 5.4% from 5.5%. Meanwhile, Federal…