Articles by Northern Miner Staff

TSX Venture takes a step back, Feb. 17-20

The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index lost ground during the shortened trading period, as it dropped 1.57 points before finishing at 694.94 points. Commodity futures were down across the board, with resource and industrial groups trending…


A conveyor moves ore out of the crusher at Hudbay Minerals' new Constancia copper mine in southern Peru. Credit: Hudbay Minerals

Hudbay looks forward to big returns on investment in 2015

VANCOUVER — According to Hudbay Minerals (TSX: HBM; NYSE: HBM) president and CEO David Garofalo the past year marked a “turning point” for the company that will see roughly five years of expansion and capital investment…



A pile of the first copper concentrate produced at Imperial Metals' Red Chris copper-gold mine in northwestern B.C. Credit: Imperial Metals

Imperial opens Red Chris in BC

VANCOUVER — Imperial Metals (TSX: III; US-OTC: IPMLF) celebrated the first production of copper concentrate on Feb. 17 at its newly built Red Chris copper-gold mine, 80 km south of Dease Lake in northwestern B.C.


A drill site at Ivanhoe Mines' Kamoa copper project in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Credit: Ivanhoe Mines

Lateral thinking pays off for Ivanhoe at Kamoa

VANCOUVER — For the second time in just over a decade, Ivanhoe Mines (TSX: IVN; US-OTC: IVPAF) is taking home the Thayer Lindsley Award, presented by the Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada at their conference in Toronto in…


Drillers working at Wellgreen Platinum's namesake PGM-nickel project the southern Yukon. Credit: Wellgreen Platinum

Wellgreen Platinum scales down PGM project

Wellgreen Platinum (TSX: WG; US-OTC: WGPLF) has delivered an updated preliminary economic assessment (PEA) for its Wellgreen platinum group metals and nickel deposit, in the southern Yukon, that cuts capital costs and the project’s mine…








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