Articles by Northern Miner Staff

The furnace at Inco’s (TSE) Port Colborne refinery has failed and will be out of service until the end of the year. Normally, the refinery would produce about six million pounds of utility nickel per …

The House of Commons in Ottawa is slowly working its way through the process of enacting Bill C-13, the Act to establish a federal environmental assessment process to replace the existing guidelines. …

Archer, Cathro & Associates (ACA) recently agreed to assign Big Creek Resources (VSE) its option to earn a 50% interest in the Casino property owned by Casino Silver Mines (VSE). The property, in the …

Awash with cash but short of ore reserves, Toronto-based Minnova (TSE) has agreed in principle to buy Falconbridge’s interests in three Northwest Territories copper-zinc properties for US$20 million. …

Two properties owned by the Mexican subsidiary of War Eagle Mining (VSE) have been optioned by Great Western Gold (VSE). The ground adjoins War Eagle’s La Blanca property in Mexico. War Eagle’s share …

Shareholders of American Chromium (ASE) and Courageous Exploration (ASE) will be asked to approve a merger at special meetings on Dec. 17. If the merger is approved, shareholders will receive one comm…

The Supreme Court of British Columbia has ruled that Cream Silver Mines (VSE) is entitled to compensation for the loss of mineral claims “expropriated” by the provincial government in 1988. As of mid-…

Newfoundland Goldbar Resources, a Newfoundland-based exploration company, has intersected encouraging gold mineralization at Varna Gold’s (ASE) Glover Island property in Western Newfoundland. The main…

The president of the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM), William Stanley, will be the guest speaker Dec. 9 at the monthly luncheon of the Toronto branch of the CIM. Stanley, …

No matter what the subject, you can always get a second opinion — if not a third and fourth. Take the question of the Canadian dollar. Few in the mining industry would argue against the need to keep …

The share price of International Musto Explorations (VSE) was given a boost by speculation the company may acquire a bulk-tonnage copper-gold deposit in Argentina. The company recently announced it wa…

Johnson raises funding for Bema’s Chilean project…