Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Market news: Toronto Stock Exchange

The S&P/TSX Composite Index was up 118 points to 12,801.23 points for the period, improving global investor sentiment. Investor confidence was bolstered by an unexpected drop in the U.S. trade deficit and data out of China that pointed to…


Market news: TSX Venture Exchange

February did not begin well for the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index: the board lost ground every day to end the week down 22.85 points at 1,205.81. Trading volumes for the week averaged 76.6 million, boosted by a well-above-average 94…





The camp that supports the Fire Lake North project. Source: Champion Iron Mines

Positive prefeasibility fails to stop Champion Iron’s slide

VANCOUVER – A preliminary feasibility study concluded the East and West deposits at Champion Iron Mines’ (CHM-T) Consolidated Fire Lake North project could produce 9.3 million tonnes of concentrate grading 66% iron for almost 20 years,…


Venture slides to start February

VANCOUVER – February did not start off well for the S&P TSX Venture Composite Index: the board lost ground every day from Feb. 4th to 8th to end the week down 22.85 points at 1,205.81. Trading volumes for the week averaged 76.6 million,…


TSX rises on global optimism

The TSX Composite Index was up 118 points to 12,801.23 points for the February 4-8 period riding improving global investor sentiment. Investor confidence was bolstered by an unexpected drop in the U.S. trade deficit and data out of China that…


Inside Quest's mini-pilot plant at Ortech.

Quest fires up mini-pilot plant for Strange Lake

Quest Rare Minerals (QRM-T, QRM-X), which owns the Strange Lake rare earth deposit in northern Quebec, recently held a tour of its mini-pilot plant at Process Research Ortech in Mississauga, Ont., where it’s testing the solvent…



Rocks showing carbonatite intrusion with abundant fluorite from Namibia Rare Earths' Lofdal project. Source: Namibia Rare Earths

Namibia Rare Earths finds more heavies

Between 2005 and 2008 Namibia Rare Earths (NRE-T, NMREF-O) was focused on exploring for gold and copper mineralization in northwestern Namibia, about 450 kilometres northwest of the capital city of Windhoek.



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