Andina defines high-grade zones at Volcan, tackles met problems
Vancouver – A 20,200-metre drill program at the Volcan gold project in Chile has highlighted zones of higher…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Russia takes control of Uranium One
A Russian state-owned miner has acquired a majority stake in Uranium One (UUU-T) in exchange for its interest …
Centamin Egypt expands Sukari gold resource
Over the last several years, Centamin Egypt (CEE-T, CEY-L) says it has clocked an average discovery rate of ab…
Short Position Report (June 08, 2010)
TSX Short PositionsShort positions outstanding at May 31/1…
Western Coal reopens Willow Creek
Vancouver – Western Coal (WTN-T) has reopened the Willow Creek coal mine with significantly better reserves as…
Venture board down daily in first week of June
Vancouver – It was a week in the red for the S&P-TSX Venture Composite Index over the June 1-4 trading per…
TSX market report
Global markets continued to be a study in volatility and the TSX Composite Index was no exception as it fell o…
Premier Gold diversifies from Red Lake into Carlin Trend
In a deal worth US$36 million, Premier Gold Mines (PG-T) is buying Saddle Gold and its assets in Nevada’s Carl…
US markets down in the June 1-4 trading week
Disappointing statistics on job recovery in the United States and comments from Hungary that it may be headed …
Goodbye ‘Inco’
The end of the Inco era became official in the last week of May, as Vale announced it is killing the name “Vale Inco” for its nickel business. It will now simply be called “Vale.”
Killing the golden goose
Chief executives in the mining industry told PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) in a recent survey that they feared cash-strapped governments would increasingly look to mining companies as a source of addit…
International Tower Hill to spin off assets
A proposed spin-off transaction that will separate International Tower Hill Mines’ (ITH-T, THM-X) advanced-stage Livengood gold project in Alaska from the company’s earlier stage properties will maxim…