Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Metals markets continue to confound analysts. Inventories are high and rising, yet, inexplicably, prices have bounced smartly off their recent lows. While the long-term outlook for most metals is good…

The tequila was flowing as Mexican civil servants joined managers of Hecla Mining (NYSE) to cut the ribbon on La Choya, a new gold mine in Sonora state. Situated 30 miles south of the U.S. border, the…

An amalgamation involving Hughes Lang has been carried out. The Vancouver-listed company has merged with three Toronto-listed juniors: Orofino Resources, Nova-Cogesco Resources and Equity Reserve. The…

(The following 3-part story is compiled from contemporary accounts in the “Engineering and Mining Journal” and the “San Francisco Daily Evening Bulletin.”) It was 1870. The U.S. Civil War had been ove…

ALUMINUM: MW U.S. market US57.50-59.50 cents per lb. (Jan. 27, 1994). ANTIMONY: MW New York dealer US76-80 cents per lb. (June 10, 1993). BISMUTH: MW New York dealer US$2.35-2.65 per lb. (Sept. 23, 19…

The exploration division of Hudson Bay Mining & Smelting (TSE) is set to begin work on two newly optioned properties in southeastern British Columbia. The main target is stratabound, copper-silver min…

After announcing it would sell 7 million units at $22.50 each, Rio Algom (TSE) added another million shares at the same price. Gross proceeds are expected to be $180 million. Each unit will consist of…

Week’s Price (US) Change Gold* $380.25 – $4.70 Silver* $ 5.25 – $0.03 Platinum* $389.50 – $2.50 Nickel** $ 2.60 – $0.08 Lead** $ 0.22 – $0.01 Copper $ 0.84 – $0.02 Zinc $ 0.44 – $0.02 Courtesy of Scot…

— 1994 — Feb 8 Feb 7 Feb 4 Feb 3 Feb 2 High Low Composite”300″ 4452.18 4448.71 4447.19 4560.28 4573.43 4601.09 4286.54 Metals&Minerals 3805.59 3760.44 3703.35 3795.05 3820.54 3855.09 3495.59 Integra…

The Toronto Stock Exchange surpassed another record during our report week when 106 million shares worth $1.27 billion changed hands on Feb. 2. Such enormous volumes, however, were overshadowed by a m…

Randstrom Manufacturing (ROW:VSE) has changed its name to Francisco Gold (FGX:VSE) on a share-for-share basis.

Expansion plans have been approved for the Dome and Detour Lake gold mines in northern Ontario. The Canadian unit of Placer Dome (TSE) plans to spend $150 million to increase production and lower cost…