Companies and projects worth noting in BC
Despite the weakened metal markets of the past few years, B.C. is still a magnet for mineral explorers and mine developers. The following are six such companies with active programs…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
AME names 2016 award winners
The Association for Mineral Exploration (AME) has announced the recipients of its annual awards. The winners will be honoured at the AME Awards Celebration of Excellence Gala on Jan. 25,…
Outlook 2017: Five companies getting busy in the new year
With some recovery in commodity prices in 2016, more than a few mining companies are stepping up work programs and striving to hit milestones in the coming year. The following…
Odds ‘n’ Sods: Doda, Dink and Zoran
My first winter in the bush, after graduating from MIT in June 1958 with a degree in geology and geophysics, began on Dec. 5, 1958. I flew from Toronto to…
Facts ‘n’ Figures: Silver market to record fourth straight deficit in 2016
The following are highlights from The Silver Institute’s 2016 Interim Silver Market Review. For more information, please visit www.silverinstitute.org. The silver market is expected to be in an annual physical…
Abitibi Snapshot: Five companies to watch
The renewed strength in gold prices this year has reinvigorated the historic mining camps throughout the Abitibi region of Ontario and Quebec. Here’s a look at what a few Canadian…
Prairie snapshots: Eight companies to watch
The compelling geology, excellent infrastructure and mining friendly business environment of Canada’s Prairie provinces have helped a lively mining scene flourish, with companies large and small on the hunt for…
Suppliers news: Hatch raises $1M for cancer foundation
Over the past five years engineering firm Hatch has raised $1 million in support of Toronto’s Princess Margaret Cancer Centre. Hatch employees have done so by raising funds and participating…
Suppliers news: Cementation earns gold for safety
North Bay, Ont.-based contractor Cementation received a gold award at the Canada Occupation Safety Awards Gala in Toronto in October. The award recognizes the mine and facilities contracting and engineering…
Suppliers news: Ritchie Bros. to buy IronPlanet, partner with Caterpiller
Vancouver-based Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers (TSX: RBA) plans to pay US$758.5 million for IronPlanet, an online, used heavy equipment marketplace. IronPlanet was founded in 1999 and specializes in serving corporate accounts,…
Laurentian lands $49M from Feds for research
Sudbury’s Laurentian University says it is launching an “unprecedented research effort” to boost the discovery rates of new mineral deposits, with the largest funding announcement in the institution’s 56-year history….
ICSG: Copper surplus coming in 2017
The following is an edited summary of a release by the International Copper Study Group (ICSG) after its meeting in Lisbon, Portugal in late October, where government delegates and industry…