Articles by Northern Miner Staff

John Baird says pushback needed to support mining

Canada’s former foreign minister John Baird says the mining industry and government “must play offence, not defence,” when it comes to defending their interests and combating anti-mining activism.









National Mining Hall of Fame to induct five more

U.S. mining industry leaders TS Ary, Frank F Aplan, Ralph E Bailey, John Campbell Greenway and Edward Steidle will be inducted into the National Mining Hall of Fame at a banquet on Oct. 23, 2015, in Pittsburgh, Pa. Based in Leadville, Colo.,…


Wellgreen Platinum president and CEO Greg Johnson in the core shack at the company's namesake project in southwest Yukon, 315 km west of the capital Whitehorse. Photo by Matthew Keevil.

Site visit: Wellgreen eyes revival under new management

DESTRUCTION BAY, YUKON – Roughly 30 km southeast from the small settlement of Destruction Bay along the Alaska Highway, which traces the picturesque shores of Kluane Lake in southwestern Yukon, lies Wellgreen Platinum’s (TSX: WG;…


US stocks rise, Oct. 2-8

U.S. equities advanced, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average climbing 4.8% to 17,050.75. The S&P 500 Index advanced 4.7% to 2,103.43 for its highest level in seven weeks. The Nasdaq Composite jumped 4% to 4,810.79. The spot price for gold…



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