Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Gold output and earnings during the first half of the year slipped for Falconbridge Gold (TSE), which has unveiled a new policy of selling forward. Production during the first six months of 1991 total…

Vancouver’s summer is already the wettest on record, but the rain clouds can’t be blamed for dampening trading activity on the VSE. Market interest has remained at a low ebb for much of this year, wit…

Daily trading volumes were consistent and in the range of 3-4 million shares for the holiday-shortened week ended Sept. 3. The results were hardly anything to write home about, however. Both the marke…

A new technique for processing mine tailings has been developed at the University of Queensland in Australia. According to Australia-based Gold Gazette, the extraction technique uses an ion-exchange p…

London Metal Exchange Spot closing prices in $US per tonne, except copper and lead (pounds sterling per tonne) Date Sep 3 Sep 2 Aug 30 Aug 29 Aug 28 Copper 1353-1355 1358-1359 1356-1357 1345-1347 1356…

The metal and mineral sub-index of Scotiabank rose slightly in July but the overall commodity price index dropped by a further 3.7% that month, the bank said in its latest monthly update. The all-item…

Unlisted market trading virtually ground to a halt during the week ended Sept. 3 as investors and brokers alike concentrated on enjoying the last long weekend of summer. The five most active stocks ra…

Native Indian employees at Placer Dome’s (TSE) Dona Lake gold mine in northeastern Ontario were recently granted significant guarantees under an initial collective agreement ordered by an arbitration …

Noranda Exploration, a unit of Noranda (TSE), has taken an option on a Mexican property held by Jonpol Explorations (TSE) and T & H Resources (TSE). The property, located in the state of Sonora, hosts…

It has been a decade since Les Mines Selbaie in northwestern Quebec entered production and during those 10 years, the mining operation has milled more than 14 million tonnes of copper-zinc-gold-silver…

Vancouver-based Aurizon Mines (TSE) reported purchasing 247,500 shares of junior mining company Argosy Resources (VSE) for $99,000 (40 cents per share) in a private placement. Attached to each share i…

Timminco’s (TSE) 50th anniversary celebrations have been marred by the release of financial results for the first half of the year. In the first six months, the magnesium producer lost $5.6 million (5…