Editorial: Sullivan tragedy grips Kootenays
Asphyxia’s gentle death has haunted miners since the first tunnel was dug deep into a mountainside thousands of years ago, and it continues to endanger lives to this day, usually in the primitive arti…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Canadian Gold Mutual Funds (June 05, 2006)
| Fund name | May 29($) | May 19($) | Change($) | Change(%) | YTD(%) | MER*(%) | Assets*(M$) | |||||||
| AGF Pr Mtl | 22.23 | 21…
Nautilus samples deep-sea deposits (June 05, 2006)Vancouver — Ocean-floor explorer Nautilus Minerals (NUS-V, NUSMF-O) has returned high-grade copper-gold values from drilling and sampling of a seabed sulphide zone at its Solwara 1 project off the co…  Political, social stability ensures Chile’s copper futureSantiago, Chile — Way back in January, copper industry analysts thought US$2.50-per-lb. copper was “unthinkable,” but with over a dollar added to that, until recently it seemed that the copper price…  Voisey’s Bay delivers the goodsNotwithstanding Inco’s (N-T, N-N) bid for Falconbridge (FAL.LV-T, FAL-N) and the subsequent unsolicited takeover offer launch by Teck Cominco (TEK.SV.B-T, TCKBF-O), the big story this past year for In…  Hot market has juniors eyeing zinc oxidesWith base metal prices at record highs, it’s hardly surprising that zinc oxide deposits, despite their reputation for difficult metallurgy, are making a comeback among junior miners…. Inco, Steelworkers reach tentative deal (June 05, 2006)Eleventh-hour talks between Inco (N-T, N-N) and United Steelworkers (USW) locals 6500 and 6200 have delivered a tentative collective bargaining agreement covering the nickel giant’s Sudbury and Port C… Rio Blanco takes shapeEarly progress on a final feasibility study for the Rio Blanco copper-molybdenum project in northern Peru proposes mining the deposit at 25 million tonnes annually…. International Quotes (June 05, 2006)
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