Articles by Northern Miner Staff



Ur-Energy confirms historic resource at Shirley Basin

Littleton, Colo.-based Ur-Energy (TSX: URE; NYSE-MKT: URG) has published a maiden resource estimate for its Shirley Basin uranium project in Wyoming’s Carbon County, indicating the deposit has 8.8 million lb. grading 0.23% eU3O8 in…




London Silver Fix sees revamp

CME Group and Thomson Reuters have been chosen to deliver a new silver price mechanism to replace the London Silver Fix — a system that has been in place for over a century to set the daily benchmark price for silver.



A truck underneath a frac sand silo beside a storage house at Victory Silica's Seven Persons frac sand plant. Photo by Matthew Keevil.

Victory enters frac sand fray with Seven Persons plant

MEDICINE HAT, ALTA — When it comes to open-pit mining, having more than 100 million tonnes of overburden sitting on top of your deposit is typically a situation best avoided, but for junior Victory Nickel (TSX: NI; US-OTC: VNCKF)…


Good frac sand needs to be strong, nearly spherical and consistently sized, with a high-temperature endurance. Photo by Bill Cunningham

Frac sand 101: The grains explained

VANCOUVER — Horizontal drilling and fracturing technology have unlocked vast reservoirs of oil and gas from shale basins across North America. The continent hosts 67 billion barrels of technically recoverable shale oil and 1,238 trillion…



The Firebag silica sand project in northern Alberta. Credit: Athabasca Minerals

Dundee initiates coverage of Athabasca Minerals

Production at Athabasca Minerals’ (TSXV: ABM; US-OTC: ABCAF) Firebag silica sand project in northern Alberta could ramp up in late 2016 and early 2017 — perfect timing to capitalize on  growing frac sand demand in North…


Nova Scotia fracking study urges caution

Nova Scotia’s deputy chief medical officer Frank Atherton is recommending that the provincial government take a cautious approach to hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, and argues in a new discussion paper that the relevant authorities…


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