Aussie junior Waratah Coal takes Queensland by storm
It’s a coal exploration company that many investors in Toronto may never have heard of, but Waratah Coal (WCI-V, WGO-A) is certainly making a big splash in Australia.
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Tournigan grows Kuriskova deposit
VANCOUVER — After a modelling error forced Tournigan Energy (TVC-V, TVCFF-O) to reduce the resources at its Kuriskova uranium deposit in eastern Slovakia last year, the newly renamed company has put …
Harmony, Newcrest, team up in PNG at Hidden Valley
Two of the biggest gold miners not listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange are combining forces in Papua New Guinea (PNG) with the hopes of bringing a large-scale gold and silver mine into production by …
TSX VENTURE SHORT POSITIONS (August 25, 2008)
Short positions outstanding at July 31/08 (with changes from July 15/08).
Indonesia could be tricky for BHP
A battle could be brewing for BHP Billiton (BHP-N, BLT-L) on a small island in Indonesia, where the company could soon find itself in the sights of environmental groups.
Yankee Hat forms tungsten JV with Japanese group (August 25, 2008)
Restrictions on tungsten exports from China have caused resource-poor Japan to look to the Yukon and Northwest Territories as a new source for the rare metal.
Dia Bras brings in Q2 revenue of $6.7M
Dia Bras Exploration (DIB-V, DBEXF-O)says it’s on target to process 144,000 tonnes of ore in 2008 at its pilot mining projects in Chihuahua state, Mexico.
LENDING RATES (August 25, 2008)
as of 9 a. m. ET, Aug 19, 2008 (%) Bank of Canada 3.25 Target overnight rate 3.00 Canadian Prime 4.75 U. S. Discount Primary 2.25 U. S. Fed Funds market rate 2.00 U. S. Prime 5…
Barrick’s Q2 strong despite rising costs
Despite a 91% jump in oil prices, which averaged US$124 per barrel in the second quarter compared with US$65 per barrel in the same quarter a year ago, Barrick Gold’s (ABX-T, ABX-N) second-quarter rev…
Fortune rejigs Mt. Klappan feasibility
VANCOUVER–A lot has changed in the two and a half years since Fortune Minerals’ (FT-T, FTMDF-O) last feasibility study for the Mount Klappan anthracite coal project, 330 km northeast of Prince Rupert…
Cameco in the dog days of summer
Cameco’s( CCO-T)remediation program has been thwarted again at Cigar Lake, one ofthe world’s largest undeveloped uranium deposits, situated in Saskatchewan’s Athabasca basin.
SRA fights to keep its head above water
Third quarter results from Strategic Resource Acquisition (SRA) (SRZ-T) haven’t reversed the company’s dire fortunes; they’ve only made them worse.