Articles by Northern Miner Staff

As junior mining companies struggle to keep the great Canadian diamond hunt alive in the Northwest Territories, African diamond producer Redaurum (TSE) is preparing to triple production at its River R…

The board of governors of the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE) has adopted a recommendation to require listed Canadian incorporated companies to disclose their approach to corporate governance in their an…

Quebec’s ministry of natural resources projects that the improvement in world economic conditions should boost the price of raw materials in 1995, allowing mineral producers in the province to step up…

Delegates to the annual Investing in the Americas conference were apprised of numerous mineral opportunities throughout Latin America. At the same time, however, they were reminded that the grass is n…

ALUMINUM: MW U.S. market US86.5-87.5 cents per lb. (March 24, 1995). ANTIMONY: MW New York dealer US$2.30-2.40 per lb. (Feb. 16, 1995). BISMUTH: MW New York dealer US$3.75-3.90 per lb. (Feb. 24, 1995)…

London Metal Exchange Spot closing prices in $US per tonne Date Apr. 4 Apr. 3 Mar. 31 Mar. 30 Mar. 29 Copper 2960-2961 2988-2989 2984-2985 2958-2959 2957-2958 Lead 602-603 594.5-595.5 590-591 588-589 …

New leaching and electrowinning technology could be the key to profitability at the Sullivan project in Nevada. Consolidated Manus Industries (VSE) can acquire the property by making a final payment o…

The winter months were not idle ones for Cornucopia Resources (TSE), which made substantial progress on several of its principal projects. Chief among these is the wholly owned Mineral Ridge, formerly…

Junior Portman Explorations (VSE) has staked an additional 199 claims in northern Ontario. The claims, situated in MacMurchy, Natal, Churchill and Kelvin twps., are west of ground drilled by Portman a…

It is the second-largest copper milling operation in the world (after Chuquicamata in Chile), and recent production figures only verify the ranking. In 1994, Highland Valley Copper milled 43.48 millio…

Drilling is under way on the Trendline property in the Battle Mountain trend of Nevada. A 4-hole, reverse-circulation program conducted by Kennecott is testing geophysical targets to a depth of 500 to…

Expansion plans may be in order at the Division Mountain coal project in the Yukon. The drill-indicated, undiluted, minable resource is now estimated at 31.7 million tonnes of Volatile Bituminous “B” …