Articles by Northern Miner Staff

What’s with the price of gold today? The Berlin Wall tumbles, the Soviet Union tries to turn a new page, oil jumps to US$40 per barrel (for a brief period, anyway) and war breaks out in the Persian Gu…

Problems with the installation of the ball mill are continuing to delay startup at the Oracle Ridge project near Tucson, Ariz. Oracle Ridge is a partnership between South Atlantic Ventures (VSE) with …

Although block caving operations at the Cassiar asbestos mine in northern British Columbia have encountered some problems with oversize material, the average ore grade has been considerably higher tha…

Steven Potter appointed president.

Vancouver based International Mahogany (TSE) has acquired 290,000 shares of Consolidated Carina Resources (VSE) at a purchase price of 58 cents per share. The acquisition brings Mahogany’s stake in Ca…

Gerald Greenwald elected to the board.

Fuelled by a large decline in the metal and mineral, oil and gas and forest product sub-indices, the all-commodity index of Scotiabank fell by 1.7% in December from the previous month. The all-items i…

Feb. 5 Feb. 4 Feb. 1 Jan. 31 Jan. 30 HIGH LOW Composite”300″ 3365.82 3327.91 3293.49 3272.90 3248.69 4009.47 3009.91 Metals & Minerals3030.13 3001.59 2923.25 2918.51 2889.01 3453.06 2502.63 Integrated…

An executive whose impact on the mining industry in Canada was as great as it was in the U.S. was selected by the American Mining Congress (AMC) to receive its distinguished service award. The recipie…

An amalgamation between Royal Oak Resources (TSE) and the Pamour (TSE) group of companies should be completed by the end of March, Royal Oak says. The Pamour group, 67.1% owned by Royal Oak, includes …

As a result of a sustained drop in the price of silver, Asarco (NYSE) plans to shut down its 55% owned Coeur silver mine in northern Idaho. The balance of the mine is owned by Coeur d’Alene Mines (NYS…

Minaz Devji appointed director.