PDAC shatters attendance records
During the week ended March 8, the tenth trading week of 2008, there was no better way to soak in the enormity of the current mining boom than to push your way through the booths, auditoriums and hall…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Carbo digs in Colorado
B. C.-based Cabo Drilling (CBE-V, CBEEF-O) has expanded its drilling services to Colorado with a contract to drill 6,000 ft. for Wits
Diamonds North sees high stone tally from Tuktu
Vancouver – High initial diamond counts from additional pipes at Diamonds North Resources’ (DDN-V, DDNFF-O) Tuktu k…
Another gold mine for ATW
Vancouver – ATW Venture (ATW-V) likes the goldfields of Western Australia. Five months after buying the Burnakura g…
Investor sues Gammon Gold for $80 million
Gammon Gold (GAM-T) shares fell 10% today as the company dealt with allegations that it provided inaccurate stateme…
Thompson Creek to boost moly production at Endako
Thompson Creek Metals (TCM-T, TC-N) is expanding its Endako molybdenum operation, in northern B.C. to handle 50,000…
Strike over at Ok Tedi
The brief strike at Inmet Mining’s (IMN-T) Ok Tedi mine in Papua New Guinea is over and the company says workers a…
Diamonds at depth at Diavik
The plan to go underground at the Diavik diamond mine in the Northwest Territories means a longer mine life and mor…
Geologix cutting strong grades at San Agustin
Vancouver – The polymetallic San Agustin deposit in Durango, Mexico, continues to demonstrate its growth potential …
Silvercorp’s US$50M plan
Silvercorp (SVM-T) has big expansion plans for its Ying silver-lead-zinc mining camp in Henan province, China, that…
Credit Suisse ups its thermal coal price forecasts
Credit Suisse has revised its thermal coal price forecast for the fifth time since 2006.In a March 4 research r…
Pencari Mining quietly builds land holding in Madagascar
Just 15% of the land available for mining in Madagascar is unclaimed and it’s going fast, the country’s minister of…