Articles by Northern Miner Staff

ALUMINUM: MW U.S. market US53.50-54.50 cents per lb. (June 17, 1993). ANTIMONY: MW New York dealer US76-80 cents per lb. (June 10, 1993). BISMUTH: MW New York dealer US$2.35-2.70 per lb. (June 11, 199…

Vancouver junior Glamis Gold (TSE) has completed underwriting for the issue of two million special warrants worth $11.2 million. Each special warrant entitles the holder to receive one common share of…

Partners Placer Dome (TSE) and TVX Gold (TSE) are planning to spend $1 million on exploration this year to delineate additional reserves at La Coipa mine in northern Chile. Exploration will focus on t…

When Lac Minerals (TSE) shelled out $10 per share, or US$378.8 million, for a controlling interest in Bond Gold in 1989, many believed the gold producer had paid too dearly to boost its output and exp…

I am concerned that your article “Improper motivation main cause of accidents” (T.N.M., June 7/93) may leave readers with the mistaken impression that the Mines Accident Prevention Association of Onta…

A Swiss securities dealer has agreed to buy $1 million in convertible bonds and warrants from MVP Capital (TSE). MVP plans to use $500,000 of the proceeds, together with $500,000 already advanced to D…

Total annual production of wollastonite could approach 500,000 tonnes by 1995, according to a report from Roskill Information Services of London, England. Consequently, world demand could be exceeded …

Windy Craggy is now dead. But let’s get it straight. It was a victim of politics, not its inherent environmental problems. All the environmental difficulties related to mining the huge copper deposit,…

Denver-based Crown Resources (TSE) has applied for exploration rights covering more than 200,000 acres in three provinces of northwestern Argentina. The ground covers extensions of the two largest kno…

Ontario and Quebec * The Le Tac area of Quebec could become the next Lac de Gras, according to SouthernEra President Christopher Jennings who addressed shareholders at the annual meeting. “Quebec may …

The minister of Energy, Mines and Resources Canada (EMR) and the finance minister are retroactively altering the income tax rules relating to diamond exploration. Effective Jan. 1, 1993, all diamond d…

I have waited for a follow-up to the article “Cave-ins occur despite precautions” (T.N.M., Sept. 7/92), expecting some experienced mining engineer to lend a hand to those groping in the dark for the a…