Teck Cominco basks in new record profits
Vancouver Strong metal prices propelled net earnings for Teck Cominco (TEK.SVB-T) to a record $510 million in the…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Trio of financings illustrates hot market
Vancouver – A recent series of major financings serves as a good barometer of a frothy mining investment climate. U…
Phelps Dodge flashes green light for new Arizona mine
Vancouver The board of Phelps Dodge (PD-N) has given conditional approval to develop a new mine in Arizona, at es…
lonore area heats up
Spurred by Goldcorp’s (G-T, GG-N) recent vote of confidence, exploration is heating up around Virginia Gold Mines’ …
Axmin nails down permit terms for Bambari
The government of the Central African Republic has set its seal on a mining convention with Axmin (AXM-V) for the d…
Fortune to bulk-sample Nico
Fortune Minerals (FT-T) has contracted out the mining of a bulk sample from its Nico polymetallic deposit in the No…
Centerra earnings shrink on Kumtor performance (January 31, 2006)
Lower head grades at the Kumtor gold mine in Kyrgyzstan increased production costs at Centerra Gold (CG-T) in 2005,…
Tower Mountain has new resource
An initial resource calculation for the Tower Mountain gold deposit west of Thunder Bay, Ont., shows about 100,000 …
Gateway Gold produces long awaited resource estimate
Vancouver – Gateway Gold (GTQ-T, GWYGF-O) has delivered an initial resource estimate on its Big Springs project loc…
Jericho produces first diamonds
Vancouver The first batch of diamonds has been produced at the newly constructed Jericho mine in Nunavut, though …
European Minerals dumps besieged mine contractor
Vancouver As the list of disgruntled customers of MDM Ferroman grows, so does the number of disrupted and partial…
More diamonds twinkle at Star
Vancouver Saskatchewan diamond explorer Shore Gold (SGF-T) has recovered diamonds weighing up to 19.25 carats fro…