Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Helping to prop up the price of nickel in 1988 and 1989 was the global demand for stainless steel, a material whose origins can be traced back more than 75 years. Nickel-containing stainless was repor…

Regional Resources (TSE) has changed its transfer agent to Montreal Trust Co.

Normetal Mining Exploration (ME) has signed a milling and smelting contract with Noranda (TSE) for the refining of 70,000 tons of zinc-silver ore, and the purchase of zinc and silver concentrates, by …

Toronto-based Franco- Nevada Mining (TSE) has acquired what it considers to be a promising long-term prospect to supplement its royalty interest in American Barrick Resources’ (TSE) Goldstrike gold mi…

At a recent meeting, directors of Goldteck Mines unanimously approved a decision to advance to feasibility the Bellview gold project in White Pine Cty., Nev. A feasibility study, financed 100% by Gold…

Recent increases in the price of gold helped to create a mood of optimism at this year’s annual Northwestern Ontario Mines and Minerals symposium held in Thunder Bay recently. The symposium’s theme wa…

Productivity improvements in the mining industry over the past decade has proven to be a mixed blessing for its workers. According to a report from Statistics Canada, mine workers were among the highe…

BOND INTERNATIONAL GOLD — Hector Figueroa appointed vice- president of finance; George Young, general counsel and secretary, Holly Thomas, director of investor relations.

Reference (T.N.M., Jan. 22/90) to an exploration project in Grevet Twp. near Matagami, Que., by VSM Exploration (ME) and Serem Quebec included an incorrect tonnage figure. Current reserves stand at 6….

Toronto-based Stroud Resources (TSE) is set to double its stake in a Hislop Twp. gold project near Timmins, Ont., by acquiring the 50% interest held by its former partner Chevron Minerals, a unit of C…

Mining taxes in Minnesota have been lowered by legislators in an attempt to stimulate mineral exploration. Although the state has no base or precious metal mine production, a high tax rate — one of t…

The bear hug squeezing equity markets refused to let go today, Jan. 31, as the composite index slipped another 2.58 points to close at 3,704.42 points. That’s six straight days of losses. Since early …