Articles by Northern Miner Staff



Interest rate drop boosts Falco

Lower metal prices and reduced sales from Falconbridge’s Kidd Creek zinc-copper-silver mine combined to diminish the company’s first-quarter operating income by $5.5 million. Falconbridge is a wholly …


New data on mineral-rich region

Reconnaissance scale stream sediment and water data covering a vast segment of southeastern British Columbia will be released later this month by the province’s Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum…


New law forces MAPAO changes

At its recent annual meeting in Toronto the Mines Accident Prevention Association of Ontario (MAPAO) celebrated 60 years of progress in Ontario’s mining industry. The immediate forerunner of MAPAO wa…


Contract ratified at Mines Gaspe

Workers at Noranda Minerals’ (TSE)Division Mines Gaspe in Quebec have voted 79.8% in favor of a new, 3-year collective agreement effective May 28. The new contract provides for an 18.8% wage increase…


Commodity prices decline in April

Declining metals prices contributed to a lower all-commodity price index in April, Scotiabank reported from Toronto. The index fell by 0.9% in April after a slight gain in March. Gold, sulphur and co…


Trimin sitting on cash

The sale of its 32.9% interest in the Hanson Lake copper-zinc- silver property in northern Saskatchewan boosted earnings for Trimin Resources (TSE) to $7.3 million for the year ended Feb. 28, 1991. Th…


Verde gold project on track in Chile

Development of the Refugio gold property in Chile is proceeding as planned. Bema Gold (TSE), 50% owner of the property, recently released a positive feasibility study calling for a 33,000-ton-per-da…


Camp mobilized on SIB claims

Mobilization of an exploration camp is expected to begin in mid-June on the SIB claim group adjacent to the Eskay Creek project north of Stewart, B.C. Joint venture partners Silver Butte Resources (VS…


Sex discrimination at Key Lake mine

A human rights tribunal has ordered Cameco to change its housing policy at the Key Lake uranium mine in northern Saskatchewan after a male employee was suspended for entering women’s quarters. Power p…


St. Genevieve nets $15 million in Louvem deal

St. Genevieve Resources (TSE) is currently considering its options after recently agreeing in principle to sell 4.35 million common shares of Societe Miniere Louvem (TSE)to Noranda (TSE) for $28.3 mil…


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