Northern Miner Staff, Author at The Northern Miner

News September 13, 2004

Sudbury Contact passes gold assets to mothership

Shifting its attention to diamonds, Sudbury Contact Mines (SUD-T) is selling all its precious-metal assets for C$3.

News September 13, 2004

Miner killed at Bralorne

Vancouver — A miner at the Bralorne-Pioneer mine in British Columbia was killed when the hangingwall collapsed, causing a rock fall.

News September 13, 2004

Cambior buys into Poderosa (September 13, 2004)

Cambior (CBJ-T) is buying into the Poderosa gold mine, 475 km north of Lima, Peru.

News September 13, 2004

Canadian Stock Exchange Indices (September 13, 2004)

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News September 13, 2004

An Unfortunate precedent

A series of events is unfolding in Washington state that promises to draw increased attention to, and potential action against, Teck Cominco.

News September 13, 2004

Enter the dragon: China and the precious metals

Now that China is a key driver for commodities, the phrase “Enter the Dragon” is increasingly heard at commodity conferences.

Falconbridge's Sudbury-area Strathcona Milling Complex that processes nickel ore from regional producers.

News September 13, 2004

Tanzanite One comes onstream

In August, following a 5-million placement, Tanzanite One (TNZ-L) began trading on the Alternative Investment Market on the London Stock Exchange.

News September 13, 2004

Falling metals weigh on miners

Sagging metal prices sent the mining indices south during the holiday-shortened Sept. 1-7 report period. The gold index shed 3.26 points to end at 220.52, as the yellow metal lost US$9.55 per oz. to finish at US$398.10 in the afternoon in London o…

News September 13, 2004

Crosshair cuts gold in Newfoundland

Vancouver-based Crosshair Exploration & Mining (CXX-V) has intersected significant gold at its Wing’s Point-Titan prospect, 40 km north of Gander, Nfld.

News September 13, 2004