Editorial: Coal gets respect
As if anyone needed more confirmation that coal has come back in a big way, the fourth week of January served up the biggest merger in U.S. coal mining history.
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Editorial: Cananea retaken
While copper prices continued to weaken substantially in early June, falling again below US$3 per lb., there were significant new copper developments on the supply side.
Editorial: Grim time for US coal miners
As we go to press, the worst mining disaster in the U.S. or Canada in more than two decades has just occurred at Massey Energy’s Upper Big Branch underground metallurgical coal mine in Montcoal, W. Va…
Editorial: Osisko trio our Mining Persons Of The Year for 2009
The Northern Miner’s Mining Persons of the Year for 2009 are Osisko Mining’s president and CEO Sean Roosen, vice-president of corporate development John Burzynski, and executive vice-president and chi…
Editorial: Crimes And Rumours Of Crime
The 25th trading week of the year was one that made us wonder if we should set up a “crime page” in our paper.
Editorial: Appleton’s magical Malian hole
American magicians Penn and Teller memorably describe the Las Vegas strip as being a spectacular monument to people…
Editorial: De Beers’ US$500M Bailout
The seventh trading week of 2009 closed out with news of profound cash-flow problems at the iconic diamond miner De Beers, underscoring the global collapse in demand for luxury goods such as diamonds.
Editorial: Sinkin’ zinc
The week ended Aug. 16, the 33rd trading week of 2008, was a rotten one for metal prices and metal stocks, with a softening global economic outlook translating into reduced metals demand, lower metals…
Editorial: Teck, Goldcorp, find there’s no place like home
With Canadian miners running into all sorts of problems overseas dealing with greedy and at times openly hostile governments, assets back home in the Great White North are looking better each year, ev…
Editorial: Miners need to be wary of McGuinty
The week ended July 19, the 29th trading week of 2008, kicked off with a surprise announcement by the Ontario government that it would “protect” at least 225,000 sq. km, or roughly half of the provinc…
Editorial: More confusion for miners in Venezuela
The psychodrama that is Venezuela welled up again onto the world stage during the week ended June 28, the last trading week of the first half of 2008.
Editorial: Tiffany Breaks Out Smelling Salts for Woozy Tahera
The end of a financial quarter always springs a few surprises, and the week ended Sept. 29, the 39th trading week of 2007, had one for beleaguered Tahera Diamond shareholders, who have watched their i…