Articles by Northern Miner Staff

More than half of the 52 charges laid by the government of Nova Scotia against the operator and four managers of the closed Westray coal mine have been dropped. Operator Curragh (TSE) and four manager…

The sale of a 61.1% interest in Les Mines Selbaie to Billiton Metals Canada is complete, BP Canada Inc. reported. Financial details of the deal, which makes Billiton the sole owner of Selbaie, were no…

The area outlined for diamond exploration in the Northwest Territories and Alberta has grown to an estimated 50-75 million acres and there is no sign of a slowdown, local mining recorders say. At pres…

A gravity survey and 6,600 ft. of drilling will be carried out in January, 1993, by Canmine Resources (CDN) on its 100% owned Fer polymetallic property near Flin Flon, Man. The program will be finance…

Exploration is set to resume on 35,000 acres of patented and unpatented claims south of Kenora, Ont., following an agreement-in-principle among Nuinsco Resources (TSE), Deak International Resources Ho…

Canadian mining exploration companies are involved in the search for diamonds both at home and abroad: N.W.T. and Alberta Golden Rule Resources (TSE) has acquired 2.38 million units of Lac de Gras exp…

Whether or not the mining industry in Canada is in decline, maturing, or tired and recuperating after the ebullient times of the past decade remains a subject for debate. That mining is still an impor…

Your editorial “Blue-collar whiz kids” (T.N.M., Nov. 30/92) is timely and accurate. Dropouts aside, there are young graduates from high school without any salable skills. Some government-funded traini…

Gold producer American Barrick Resources continues to fare well in the stock market although its primary commodity seems to have lost some of its lustre. .TPresident Robert Smith attributes the compan…

In its quest for North American exploration investment, the Greenland Home Rule government recently enlisted the aid of the island’s top elected official. Premier Lars Emil Johansen went on the road t…

The start of a drilling program is planned for this month at the Dufresnoy-Clericy property directly south of the polymetallic Mobrun property, near Rouyn-Noranda, Que., Societe Miniere Ecudor (ME) re…

London Metal Exchange Spot closing prices in $US per tonne, except copper and lead (pounds sterling per tonne) Date Dec. 15 Dec. 14 Dec. 11 Dec. 10 Dec. 9 Copper 1397-1398 1400-1401 1399-1401 1400-140…