Mexican coal miners face hazardous conditions
Lima, Peru — Almost a year after Mexico’s worst mining disaster in four decades, investigators are still trying to recover the 64 missing bodies of the miners killed in the Pasta de Conchos coal pit…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Silver Eagle heads to test mining at Miguel Auza
SITE VISIT…
Lake to talk to Toronto CIM
Darryl Lake, the executive director and CEO of the Northern Centre for Advanced Technology (NORCAT) in Sudbury, Ont., will be the guest speaker at the next industry luncheon for second-year students o…
Shahuindo dispute finished (October 16, 2006)
Sulliden Exploration (sue-t, exsdf-o) has assumed title to the Shahuindo mining concessions in Peru following a lengthy arbritration and court battle….
LME Warehouse Levels (October 16, 2006)
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, Oct. 9, 2006 (change from Oct. 2 in brackets):…
lonore estimate expected in 2007
When Goldcorp (G-T, GG-N) did the US$425-million deal to acquire the lonore gold project from Virginia Gold Mines in March, there was no reserve or resource estimate for the project and a lot of spe…
Glencairn adds property near La India (October 16, 2006)
A $2.4-million purchase near its La India property in Nicaragua consolidates mineral rights on a known gold resource and offers Glencairn Gold (GGG-T, GLE-X) a chance to ship ore to its Limon mine….
Andean American expands gold zone at Invicta
Vancouver — Initial drilling by Andean American Mining (AAG-V, ANMCF-O) at its Invicta gold-silver-copper project in west-central Peru has returned a significant mineralized interval….
People (October 16, 2006)
Altius Mnrls — Ben Lewis appointed CFO; Lawrence Winter appointed VP of exploration….
Producter and Dealer Prices
Amerigo squeezed by restrictions
Vancouver — Copper production from Amerigo Resources’ (ARG-T, ARGOF-O) Minera Valle Central (MVC) operation in Chile will be curtailed after state copper company Codelco gave notice that it is restri…
Spot Prices Courtesy of Scotiabank Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2006
| Precious Metals | Price (US$/oz.) | Change |
| Gold | $577.25 | -15.75 |
| Silver | $11.21 | -0.13 |
| Platinu…
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