Editorial: Teck Cominco’s bid for Inco shakes up industry
Noranda’s friendly takeover of Falconbridge last year had felt inevitable to most of us for years before its announ…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Xstrata takes Tintaya
Swiss-based miner Xstrata (XSRAF-O, XTA-L) has agreed to buy the Tintaya copper mine in central Peru from Anglo-Aus…
Goldcorp triples Q1 net earnings despite lower production from Red Lake
Vancouver – Robust metal prices and the strong performance of the Alumbrera gold-copper mine allowed Goldcorp (G-T…
Rosebel suffers strike, occupation
Shares in Cambior (CBJ-T, CBJ-X) were off 15, or nearly 4%, at $3.70 in mid-afternoon trading in Toronto on May 12…
Mongolia drops a bombshell with new mining tax
Vancouver – From left field and late on a Friday night, Mongolia’s Parliament shocked western mineral explorers by …
Second phase of bulk-sampling yields more diamonds at Star
Vancouver – A second-phase underground bulk-sampling program has been completed at the Star diamond project near P…
Inco throws Falco a fin (May 15, 2006)
Inco (N-T, N-N) has boosted the cash portion of its friendly cash-and-scrip offer for Falconbridge (FAL.LV-T, FAL-N…
Balmat floats first zinc
HudBay Minerals (HBM-T) has produced the first zinc concentrate from the reopened Balmat mine in upstate New York….
TSX runs gold index up flagpole (May 15, 2006)
Details are sketchy but the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) and rating and index agency Standard & Poors will develop …
Canadian Gold Mutual Funds (May 15, 2006)
| Fund name | May 9($) | May 1($) | Change($) | Change(%) | YTD(%) | MER*(%) | Assets*(M$) |
| AGF Pr Mtl | 25.58 | 24….
Exchange Rates (May 15, 2006)CANADIAN/U.S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate)…  Chinese eager for Redstone concentrateWith encouragement from its Chinese partner, Liberty Mines (LBE-V) is fast-tracking production at its wholly-owned Redstone mine southeast of Timmins, Ont…. By continuing to browse you agree to our use of cookies. To learn more, click more information Dear user, please be aware that we use cookies to help users navigate our website content and to help us understand how we can improve the user experience. If you have ideas for how we can improve our services, we’d love to hear from you. Click here to email us. By continuing to browse you agree to our use of cookies. Please see our Privacy & Cookie Usage Policy to learn more. |