Articles by Northern Miner Staff

A 130-kilowatt photovoltaic system installed at a Nevada high school. Credit: Black Rock Solar

New technologies push industrial silver consumption

The following is an edited executive summary from Glistening Particles of Industrial Silver, a report prepared for the Silver Institute by CRU Consulting. To view the full report, visit www.silverinstitute.org.





Patricia Mohr, vice-president of economics and commodity market specialist at Scotiabank.

Scotiabank’s Patricia Mohr looks ahead to 2015

Patricia Mohr, vice-president of economics and commodity market specialist at Scotiabank in Toronto, will release her metal price forecasts for 2015 in her annual year-end report at the end of December. But she agreed to share some of her…


A worker inspects zinc ingots at Nyrstar's Overpelt zinc smelting plant in Belgium. Credit: Nyrstar

Wood Mac sees stronger prices for copper, nickel, zinc

Falling energy and metal prices are leaving many investors in the mining space anxious about what lies in store next year. Julian Kettle, head of metals and mining research at Wood Mackenzie in London, recently took time to speak to The…






Stillwater Mining's namesake palladium-platinum mine in Montana. Credit: Stillwater Mining

CIBC slashes platinum forecast

An expected surge in the platinum price failed to materialize in 2014 because of a strong U.S. dollar and weak South African rand, say mining analysts with CIBC World Markets, who are slashing their platinum price forecast for 2015.


TSX falls with commodity prices, Nov. 24-28

OPEC’s decision not to cut production sent U.S. oil prices down 10% to US$66.15 per barrel on Nov. 28, the biggest one-day drop in five years. Lower oil prices usally translate to lower inflation rates, crimping investment demand for…


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