Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Euro-Nevada Mining (TSE) admitted recently that it owns a small block of Stikine Resources (TSE) shares that could play a pivotal role in the struggle between Placer Dome (TSE) and Corona (TSE) for co…

Newly listed Arimetco International (TSE) has some ambitious plans to develop low-cost copper mines in North America which make use of acid leaching followed by solvent extraction and electrowinning, …

A Gold Bar Resources (COATS) shareholder, who says he owns a 51% interest in the company, has initiated legal proceedings to prevent Gold Bar from selling part of its interest in a Gogama, Ont., gold …

Recently a number of students at the Haileybury School of Mines were awarded scholarships for general proficiency or outstanding academic performance. Among the winners were Darwin Fiske (Saskatchewan…

Shares of McNickel traded heavily for the week ended July 31, jumping 5 cents to close at 20 cents on a volume of 216,500. Rumour has it that the Muscocho group of companies, of which McNickel is a me…

Added production from the Ansil and Samatosum polymetallic mines, which both entered commercial production last summer, resulted in a 10-fold profit increase for Minnova (TSE) in the first half of 199…

At a capital cost of US$54 million, Asarco (NYSE) says it plans to build a new solvent extraction- electrowinning (SX-EW) plant at its Silver Bell mine in Arizona. The new facility, which should be co…

The Hislop East gold prospect in the Timmins-Matheson area of northern Ontario is inching closer to production as partners St Andrew Goldfields (TSE) and Goldpost Resources (TSE) forgo a final bulk sa…

Software system manufacturer Jonas & Erickson has appointed Robert Garbutt to the position of president and chief executive officer. Garbutt was recently senior vice-president at MAI Basic Four in the…

A provincial court has ruled that negligent management and improper maintenance procedures caused a spill of contaminated uranium mine water at Rabbit Lake, Sask., on Nov. 6 and 7, 1989. During a peri…

NOT A STRIKE IN CANADA A most significant announcement has been made by the Dept. of Labour in Ottawa, which reports that there was not a single strike or lockout in progress in Canada at the end of J…

The need to protect groundwater resources from the contaminating effects of toxic liquids has created a thriving market for the manufacturers of synthetic, “impermeable” geomembranes. Miners seeking t…