Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Volume was light-to-moderate this week but investors seemed to know what they wanted. The general market portfolio index jumped almost 55 points for the week ended May 8, and the mining and minerals i…

With net earnings of $2.3 million for the 1990 first quarter, Princeton Mining (TSE) is still firmly in the black and paying dividends even though this year’s results are off considerably from the 198…

At a time when high interest rates and the strong Canadian dollar are sending corporate profits on a downhill slide, Corona (TSE) has managed to buck the trend, doubling its first-quarter earnings to …

Donald Hurd, a well-known prospector, died in Kirkland Lake, Ont., May 5. He was a member of both the Prospectors and Developers Association and the Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. Born i…

The minerals sector of Noranda (TSE), which slipped to third place in 1989 in terms of earnings among the company’s operating divisions, was riding high again during the first quarter of 1990. Operati…

The sale of 20% of P.T. International Nickel Indonesia is proceeding on schedule, Inco (TSE) Chairman Donald Phillips told a group of mining analysts in New York. As a result of the sale, Inco should …

A preliminary reserve estimate of more than 30 million tons grading 0.48% copper marks the end of a successful 35-hole grassroots drilling program on Windy Mountain Explorations’ (COATS) MacLeod Lake …

Denver-based Manville (NYSE), half-owner of the Stillwater platinum mine in southwestern Montana, took a 9% drop in first- quarter revenue from US$72.1 million in 1989 to US$65.5 million in 1990. The …

N.Y. Commodity Exchange 0210,0107,0008,0107,0008,0107,0008,0111, Week’s High Low Close Change COPPER (HG) (in US cents per lb.) May 123.40 118.70 122.10 + 6.60 June 118.00 114.00 117.30 + 5.30 July 11…

The Northern Territory government is considering a legal challenge to the Commonwealth government’s uranium policy. The Australian Labour Party (ALP), which was returned to office in the March 24 elec…

Over the past five years, there has been a steady and disturbing drop in the numbers of students entering (and graduating from) earth science programs in most Canadian universities. The Council of Cha…

Although not as spectacular as initially estimated, drill hole 90-489 from the Eskay Creek project north of Stewart, B.C., still turned out dazzling assay results for both precious and base metals. Pr…