Trading Summary TSX – Venture
Vancouver Canada’s junior exchange started the week off on a bullish note as advancing stocks beat declining stoc…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Association tackles Colorado county cyanide ban
The Colorado Mining Association (CMA) has launched legal action against a ban on heap-leach cyanide mining in Color…
Trading Summary (March 01, 2004)
Canada’s diversified mining crowd stole the show on Monday jumping 8.94 points, or nearly 4%, to end at 239.73. The…
Falco’s non-production staff ratifies new deal
Falconbridge (FL-T) has avoided another strike at its Sudbury operations by inking some 220 unionized office, cleri…
Olympus boosts Phuoc Son stake
Shares in Olympus Pacific Minerals (OYM-V) dropped nearly 10% in early trading in Vancouver on Mar. 1, after the co…
Fronteer to raise $6.0 million
Vancouver — Fronteer Development Group (FRG-T) intends to raise $6 million through a private placement financing.
BHP signs Chinese steel deal
Anglo-Australian giant BHP Billiton (BHP-N) has inked a US$9-billion deal to annually ship some 12 million tonnes o…
Diamond Fields resurfaces in Namibia
Shares in Diamond Fields International (DFI-T) shot up a dime, or about 15%, to 78 on Feb. 19, after the company announced an agreement with Samicor Mining Services that paves the way for a resumptio…
US Supreme Court sides with coal miners
The U.S. Supreme Court recently refused to consider if the U.S. government improperly loosened rules for underground coal mining operations. Environmental groups had argued that 3,500 acres of nationa…
Orvana in the black
Orvana Minerals (ORV-T) made a modest profit during the latest quarter of production at the Don Mario gold mine in eastern Bolivia.The mine entered production at the rate of 700 tonnes per day in July…
De Beers sees Canada as shining light
Overall, 2003 proved to be a good year for the De Beers group of companies and the diamond industry as a whole.Rough diamond sales of US$5.52 billion by the Diamond Trading Co. (DTC), De Beers’ market…
People (March 01, 2004)
Apollo Gold — Melvyn Williams appointed senior VP of finance and corporate development.Crystallex — Ron Colquhoun appointed VP of technical services; Brendan Burke appointed project manager; John Bi…