Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Toronto’s mining stocks reversed course on Wednesday, with the gold dropping 1.29 points to 193.43 and the diversif…

The S&P/TSX composite index ended 115.81 points higher at 7,749.42 with the telecom issues alone in the red at the…

Vancouver–Harvey Keats-led Knight Resources(KNP-V) has tabled more encouraging results from its West Raglan nickel…

Facing pressure from South Africa’s Reserve Bank to consolidate ownership or cut bait, Harmony Gold (HMY-N) has dea…

South African-based Durban Roodepoort Deep (DROOY-Q) has agreed to acquire Australian-listed Oil Search Ltd.’s 20%…

Drilling has begun at the Taranga gold permit in Burkina Faso, reports Jilbey Gold Exploration (JIB-V).The prop…

AfriOre (AFO-T) has resumed underground production at the Springlake anthracite mine, north of Dundee in Kwazulu Na…

Precious MetalsPrice (US$/oz.)ChangeGold$376.20-8.30Silver$4.84-0.28Platinum$722.00+14.00…

CANADIAN/U.S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate)DateOct. 6Oct. 3Oct. 2Oct. 1Sept. 30US$ in C$1.38111.34181.33821.3480…

Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, Oct. 6 (change from Sept. 29 in brackets):MetalStock(tonnes)ChangeAluminium1372575(+1…

The government of British Columbia has approved a $100-million aggregate quarry near Port Alberni.The proposed quarry is designed to produce 6 million tonnes of construction aggregate per year and is …

As actor Toni Collette proved last week, a green religious mania is on the loose — one that threatens our reason, and much more.Collette, who first won fame in Muriel’s Wedding, told of filming part …