2014

Material on a conveyor at Aurcana's La Negra silver mine in Mexico's Queretaro state, 180 km north of Mexico City. Credit: Aurcana

Aurcana improves operations at La Negra

VANCOUVER — It’s all about boosting near-term liquidity for silver producer Aurcana (TSXV: AUN; US-OTC: AUNFF) as it grapples with a high debt load and falling metal prices. On Dec. 1 the company released its…


A surveyor measures a coal stockpile at Anglo American's Greenside thermal coal mine in South Africa. Credit: Anglo American

Miners struggle to adapt to lower coal prices

Thermal coal prices recently touched a five-and-a-half-year low of US$62.25 per tonne, and the market has seen several mining companies announce plans to sell coal assets or take on partners to weather the downturn.


TSX continues decline, Dec. 8-12

Canada’s benchmark index fell during the trading week as investors fretted over plunging oil prices and weaker-than-expected economic data from China. The S&P/TSX Composite Index lost 742.65 points, or 5%, to end at 13,731.05. The…



Cartoon by JK.

Editorial: More Tsilhqot’in fallout in BC

One recent resource development story in B.C. shows how the ground rules for project developers are changing forever in the province after the Supreme Court of Canada’s precedent-setting Tsilhqot’in decision in June and Imperial…





Richard Callery (Dick) Pearce. (1921-2014)

Editorial: Dick Pearce (1921-2014)

We bid a sad farewell this week to Dick Pearce, former owner of The Northern Miner, who died on Dec. 7 at age 93 (see his obituary as an attached pdf document, as it appears on Page 3 of our Dec. 15 issue). In this age…





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