Articles by Northern Miner Staff



Atacama speeds up expansion

Vancouver — With its Aguas Blancas iodine mine in Chile running smoothly, Atacama Minerals (AAM-V) is arranging a US$3.5-million revolving credit facility to boost production.The credit facility will…


Steam-assisted gravity drainage makes debut

The use of steam and gravity to dislodge oil from the tar sands underlying Alberta and Saskatchewan is gradually becoming an accepted recovery technique as pilot projects mature into commercial operat…


Producer and Dealer Prices (April 29, 2002)

Antimony: Mid-mkt US$1,260/t.Bismuth: Mid-mkt US$3.15/lb.Cadmium: Mid-mkt US$0.27/lb.Chromium: Mid-mkt ores US$65.00/t.Cobalt: Recent trades US$6.70-7.70/lb.Copper: Comex May US$0.7315/lb.Indium: Indi…


Canadian Oil Sands earnings hit by lower oil price

The Syncrude project’s second-largest shareholder is not an oil company at all. But year-end found the Canadian Oil Sands Trust (COS.UN-T) taking an earnings hit similar to that suffered by the large …


The autoclave unit at Miramar's Con gold mine in Yellowknife, NWT.

Miramar hits targets despite setback

Vancouver — During the first quarter, Miramar Mining’s (MAE-T) operations at Yellowknife, N.W.T., were well on their way to establishing a solid base for a productive year. However, the temporary sus…


Carlin trend produces 50-millionth oz.

The Carlin trend in Nevada has joined such venerable gold camps as Timmins, Ont., South Africa’s Witwatersrand and Uzbekistan’s Muruntan as the latest in the world to produce 50 million oz. gold.The t…


Insiders bask in hot resource sector

Recent insider trading transactions reported by the Ontario Securities Commission include the following:- Barrick Gold (ABX-T) — Brian Mulroney, director, exercised 237,500 options indirectly at $22….


Bitumen is loaded into a mammoth truck at the Muskeg River mine in northern Alberta.

Oil sands spell self-sufficiency for Canada

The recoverable portion of Canada’s crude bitumen resources, a black tarry hydrocarbon that coats the sands and carbonate sedimentary formations in the Athabasca, Cold Lake and Peace River regions of …


Suncor expands with Project Millennium

Suncor Energy (SU-T), Canada’s third-largest integrated oil company, is in the midst of a massive expansion of its Oil Sands operation, north of Fort McMurray, Alta., a move that should see the compan…


Uranium Power targets basement rocks for oil

Vancouver — Uranium Power (URMP-C) is searching for oil under the Athabasca Oil Sands near Fort McMurray, in northern Alberta.The Athabasca Oil Sands deposit is the world’s largest hydrocarbon deposi…


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