Articles by Northern Miner Staff

I write in an attempt to warn shareholders and analysts of the possibility of erroneous conclusions when dealing with micro and macrodiamond counts as released by public companies in Canada and elsewh…

Although most major metal prices took a tumble, the Toronto Stock Exchange posted a moderate gain for the 5-day report period ended Aug. 2. The composite 300 index jumped just more than 60 points, or …

Production has been suspended at St Andrew Goldfields’ (TSE) Stock Twp. mine near Timmins, Ont. The mine is being prepared for an extensive underground exploration program that was originally schedule…

Under a proposed rights offering, common shareholders of Breakwater Resources (TSE) will receive one right for each common share held. One right will entitle the holder to buy one common share at 10 c…

Although total Canadian gold output fell by nearly 6% in 1993 to 151 tonnes, production from the country’s top mines showed a marginal increase. Cumulative production last year from Canada’s top 12 mi…

It was only a matter of time before groups such as the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) came to realize the scope and pace of diamond-related exploration and development taking place in Canada’s North. And a…

In 1936-37, the reorganized Paymaster Consolidated gold mine near Timmins, Ont., was limping along; money was scarce for several years. Our master mechanic, Bill White, needed a draftsman-designer but…

A director and a senior officer of Great Lakes Minerals (TSE) exercised options and sold shares in June. According to the Ontario Securities Commission’s OSC Bulletin, director Robert Cudney exercised…

ALUMINUM: MW U.S. market US73.5-74.3 cents per lb. (July 14, 1994). ANTIMONY: MW New York dealer US$2.25-2.50 per lb. (July 14, 1994). BISMUTH: MW New York dealer US$3.85-4.30 per lb. (July 14, 1993)….

South Africa’s Gencor mining house has acquired Royal Dutch-Shell group’s metals and minerals arm, Billiton, for US$1.2 billion. The new resource group is to be called Billiton International and will …

An explosion that killed as many as 10 people has suspended operations at the Porgera gold mine in Papua New Guinea. The mine is 25% owned by Placer Pacific, a subsidiary of Placer Dome (TSE). Althoug…

Normally, the summer holiday season is a quiet one for metals markets, but this summer is proving less quiet than most. Many customers of the mining industry are being met with an unusual challenge: t…