LME Warehouse Levels (March 06, 2006)
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, Feb. 27, 2006 (change from Feb. 20 in brackets):…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Duo split U3O8 assets
Vancouver — Fronteer Development Group (FRG-T, FRG-X) and partner Altius Minerals (ALS-V, ATUSF-O) plan to spin off privately held Aurora Energy Resources, which is…
Base metals prices: yet higher
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Mtn Lake sizes Bobby’s Pond
Consultants Roscoe Postle Associates (RPA) will spend the next five to six weeks completing an independent technical report on Mountain Lake Resources‘ (MOA-V, MLKRF-O) Bobby’s Pond m…
Gold Hawk finances Tamboraque
Vancouver — A proposed $14-million private placement should provide Gold Hawk Resources (CGK-V, CGHRF-O) with sufficient resources to complete the acquisition of the Tamboraque polym…
Breakwater turns a corner
Breakwater Resources (BWR-T, BWLRF-O) is taking full advantage of a soaring zinc price to reinvest in its existing mines, look for acquisitions, and investigate the hidden potential of anomalies disco…
Uranium gaining attention in Namibia
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Latin America’s base metals miners expect bumper year
Lima, Peru — Latin American mining projects are famously difficult to pronounce: Michiquillay and Pukaqaqa are just two such tongue twisters. Yet, with mineral prices defying all forecasts of a slowd…
Uganda’s minerals industry getting back into gear
Kampala, Uganda — At one time, the annual value of Uganda’s mineral product was far greater than that of its East African neighbours, Tanzania and Kenya. This came to a halt during the political unre…
Lynn Lake: the next revived nickel mine?
After spending seven months digitizing and analyzing a truckload of paper data, Seymour Exploration (SEZ-V) is testing the resulting targets on its Lynn Lake property in northern Mani…
Nuclear renaissance a boon for Saskatchewan
Surging uranium prices have resulted in renewed interest in northern Saskatchewan’s prolific Athabasca basin, a region known for hosting some of the world’s largest high-grade uranium mines and deposi…
Newmont net earnings drop 27% in 2005 (March 06, 2006)
Vancouver — Strong bullion prices helped offset some higher mine operating costs for Newmont Mining (NMC-T, NEM-N) in 2005, resulting in annual net earnings of US$322 million, or 72…