Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Strong showings of polymetallic mineralization have prompted London-based Billiton to ink a deal with Altius Minerals (ALS-V) on that company’s Taylor Brook property in western Newfoundland.Billiton w…

The newly formed Iron Ore Company of Canada vows to raise $160 million to develop the infrastructure needed to mine the vast ore fields of northern Quebec and Labrador. As part of the deal between the…

Mining companies at the Porcupine gold camp in Ontario are gaining the upper hand on production rates, which dwindled during the war. New discoveries at operating mines, the return of the workforce fr…

In the early 1990s, he devoted his energies to stopping development of diamond deposits in Canada’s Northwest Territories, thankfully without success. Now John Turner has warned the world that Canada …

Crown Butte — Karl Elers appointed president.Dayton — Scott Brunsdon appointed senior vp and CFO.DiamondWorks — Robert Rainey appointed acting president and CEO; John Firth appointed d…

Amidst all the hype of the internet and high-tech stocks, Dia Met Minerals (DMM-T) is showing just how profitable diamond mining can be.With the global diamond market bolstered by De Beers “Millennium…

Prior to an internal review of the company’s Angostura gold-silver project in Colombia, Kinross Gold (K-T) bought 104,000 shares of Greystar Resources (GSL-T) at 81 each. An additional 400,000 shares…

Mining analysts Doug Leishman and Art Ettlinger are suggesting that speculative investors closely monitor the activities of Cornerstone Capital Resources (CTP-V), a junior company holding a large prop…

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A week ago, base metals markets seemed poised to move out of the recent phase of lethargic trading. However, after some volatility early in the week ended Dec. 10 (notably in aluminium and zinc), pric…