Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Asarco (NYSE) will increase its domestic selling price of electrolytic copper cathodes by 5 cents to $1.30 per lb. Asarco is one of the world’s leading integrated producers of nonferrous metal includi…

George Neumann died recently at his residence in Arnprior, Ont. He was 74. In 1940, Neumann graduated from Queens University with a 0000,0600 B.Sc. degree in metallurgical engineering. After a stint i…

Nickel- copper producer Falconbridge Ltd. has made a move to tackle head on the biggest issue of the 1990s, the environment. Perhaps best known for its Sudbury, Ont.-based nickel mining operations, Fa…

With the adoption of an environmental policy in 1989, Canada’s mining industry made a commitment to maintain a high standard of environmental protection. The policy consists of six principles which me…

Victor Hollister appointed to the board of directors.

Ken Ralls appointed to the board of directors.

Drilling programs are being conducted on two porphyry copper deposits near the Island Copper mine, operated by BHP-Utah Mines, near Port Hardy, B.C. Drilling on the Expo property by Moraga Resources (…

Garth McRae elected to the board.

A sampling and geophysical survey is set to begin on the Goldstream and Brew properties owned jointly by Bethlehem Resources (TSE) and Goldnev Resources (VSE). The Goldstream property, 60 miles north …

Murray Pezim and other insiders of Prime Resources Group (VSE) have accepted a sweetened offer from Corona (TSE) for their combined holding of 5.6 million Prime shares. As a result of the recent agree…

Quintette Coal Chairman Bruce McConkey has asked the British Columbia Court of Appeal to overturn a Supreme Court judgment relating to prices paid for its product by the company’s Japanese customers. …

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