Articles by Northern Miner Staff

You are entering an industry notable for the challenges that face it. You know that we have to produce commodities for sale on international commodity markets at price levels that largely reflect the …

Recently released by the Department of Mines and Mineral Resources, Directory of Active Mines in Arizona — 1991 lists 55 companies, 94 mines and 123 sand-gravel operations. Arizona, the leading nonfu…

It was not a banner year for silver in 1990. The price of the precious metal fell to 14-year lows late in the year on weakened investor and industrial demand. It may now be silver has nowhere to go bu…

Where is gold going? How do you weigh the factors in your forecast? Before trying to forecast future events, it is often beneficial to look at the past. In the 1980s, gold demonstrated its volatile na…

The turbulent economic times of the 1980s may have undermined the constitution of some Canadian major mining companies, but this wasn’t the case for Teck (TSE) which instead experienced a pivotal deca…

Outbreak of war in the Persian Gulf near the start of the year, pitting a global alliance of nations under the auspices of the United Nations against Iraq, made an already volatile market even more sk…

A major factor in the near- term growth of international gold producer Placer Dome is an interest in two large mines, Porgera and Misima, in Papua New Guinea. Total production at Porgera is expected t…

Turbulence is forecast for the nickel market this year but for the rest of the decade, demand should help sustain a healthy price. It was in 1988 that the nickel price went wild, topping US$10 per lb….

When mining executives look ahead to 1991 they do so having experienced one of the most tumultuous decades in recent history. Uncertainty is now a basic assumption. Increasing volatility — of commodi…

The past 12 months will figure prominently in history books. The momentous changes that have swept through Europe will alter the political face of the world as much as Saddam Hussein’s brazen invasion…

Staying ahead of the pack in a bear market isn’t an easy task, but Toronto-based gold producer American Barrick Resources (TSE) has been remarkably good at it. “Our stock performance has been better t…

The Goldstrike gold project in Nevada is expected to keep American Barrick Resources in the black for a long time to come. A favorite of investors, the Toronto-based mining company has been the top-pe…