Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Moving material onto a conveyor at Orbite Aluminae's Grande-Valle aluminous clay project in Gasp, Quebec. Source: Orbite Aluminae

Orbite lines up funds for HPA plant

Orbite Aluminae (TSX: ORT; US-OTC: EORBF) says it will complete an equity raise “within the coming weeks” to help finish building and optimizing its high-purity alumina (HPA) plant in Cap-Chat, Que., after a proposed financing was…


Calibre soars on trenching results

These days, it’s unusual to see a company’s share price more than double on strong trenching results. But this is what happened when Calibre Mining (TSXV: CXB; US-OTC: CXBMF) released more trenching assays from its wholly…


TSX Venture Exchange, Aug. 26-30

The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index lost momentum after two weeks of gains during the trading period, falling 7.25 points en route to a 939.31-point weekly close. Investors kept an eye on news of a potential military intervention in Syria,…


Illustration by JK.

Editorial: Unifor – what is it good for?

Nicely timed for the lead up to the Labour Day holiday, the Canadian labour movement celebrated the creation of Unifor on Aug. 31 at its founding convention at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre, attended by 4,000 people.


U.S. Antimony is all-in in Mexico

During the Second World War, Mexico dominated the antimony market, producing more than 30 million lb. per year. But the country lost its edge in subsequent decades, primarily due to inadequate smelting and milling facilities, and…




Pouring gold at the  Detour Lake mine in northeastern Ontario. Source: Detour Gold

Detour Lake gets a jump on commercial production

Earlier-than-expected commercial production at the Detour Lake mine has caught analysts by surprise. Detour Gold (TSX: DGC; US-OTC: DRGDF) reported the milestone at the open-pit gold mine in northern Ontario on Aug. 12, noting that the…



U.S. markets, Aug. 26-30

Concern about a possible U.S. air strike against Syria and anxiety about the timing of the U.S. Federal Reserve’s end to quantitative easing sent U.S. markets down. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 1.33% to 14,810.31, the S&P 500…


Drill core at Colorado Resources' North ROK copper gold project. Source: Colorado Resources

Colorado shares slide despite stepout hits

VANCOUVER — Since hitting 333 metres of copper-gold porphyry in its first hole at the North ROK property in B.C. just four months ago, Colorado Resources (TSXV: CXO) has completed 6,000 metres of drilling and hit mineralization in 10 of…


Toronto Stock Exchange, Aug. 26-30

The S&P/TSX Composite Index fell during the trading week amid concerns that Western countries would intervene militarily in Syria’s civil war. Toronto’s main index plunged 108 points to finish the week at 12,653.90. 


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