Articles by Northern Miner Staff


Skye ups resource in Guatemala (July 17, 2006)

A recalculation of resources in conjunction with a feasibility study for the Fenix nickel-laterite project, in central Guatemala, puts the size of the five deposits planned for development at 41.1 mil…


Dividends (July 17, 2006)


BHP Billiton, Norilsk line up

Russian nickel producer Norilsk Nickel (NILSY-O, MNOD-L) has concluded a strategic alliance with another of the Big Three, this time signing a deal with BHP Billiton (BHP-N, BLT-L)….


Company Div. Pay Record
($) Date Date
Cleve-Cl 3.25pr 8.125* Jul 17 Jul 1
as of 4 pm ET, July 11, 2006 (%)
Bank of Canada 4.50
Target overnight rate 4.25
Canadian Prime 6.00

People (July 17, 2006)

Aberdene Mines — Anthony Harvey and Benjamin Ainsworth appointed directors; Brent Jardine, Robert Weicker and Timothy Hipsher resigned as directors….



LME info on the go

In need of the latest zinc price but regularly find yourself shooting a round of 18 on the links?…


PEABODY ENERGYPeabody is the world's largest coal company with 2004 sales of 227 million tons and revenue of US$3.6 billion. The company recently made a $1.5-billion cash bid for Australia's Excel Coal. Some of the money for deal was generated by the Rawhide coal mine (pictured), one of Peabody's three Powder River Basin mines in Wyoming, which serve nearly 80 power plants in 18 states.

Peabody Excel-erates its coal business

St. Louis, Mo.-based coal producer Peabody Energy (BTU-N) has agreed to a cash deal to take over Australian coal producer Excel Coal (EXOAF-O, EXL-A) for about US$1.5 billion….


TNM ARCHIVESEquinox Minerals' chief exploration geologist Greg Winch stands with core from the Chimiwungo deposit in Zambia. Chimiwungo is one of two pits -- Malundwe being the other -- that make up the Lumwana copper project.

Equinox revises Lumwana figures

While the market initially reacted harshly to news from Equinox Minerals (EQN-T, EQXMF-O) regarding rising capital costs at its Lumwana copper project in Zambia, with time, the market came to see the…


Zaruma board survives coup

Gold and copper hopeful Zaruma Resources (ZMR-T, ZMRAF-O) is free to proceed with a financing deal that would see construction at its Luz del Cobre copper project in Mexico financed by Swiss-based met…


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