Articles by Northern Miner Staff










The first Hitachi 515-tonne electric face shovel to be assembled at Lumwana, Zambia. Three more will follow. The bucket can move 50 tonnes with each scoop.

Equinox Studies Lumwana’s Uranium Potential

With mine construction well under way at its large, wholly owned Lumwana copper project in northwestern Zambia, Equinox Minerals (EQN-T, EQN-A) now has the time to revise a bankable feasibility study …


U3O8 Explores Guyana’s Remote Interior

It’s been more than 20 years since anyone’s gone looking for uranium in Guyana, but after a lot of digging around for uranium indoors, Toronto-based U3O8 (UWE-V, UTREF-O) has recently begun a 2,500-me…


Lead Poisoning Shuts Down Ivernia Mine

A lead poisoning investigation in a southwestern Australia port town has left lead miner Ivernia (IVW-T, IVWFF-O) with no choice but to stop production at its Magellan mine for three to four months un…


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