Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Fortescue eyes Chinese gravy train

Fortescue Metals Group is posing a challenge to the dominance of BHP Billiton (BHP-N) and Rio Tinto (RTP-N) in Western Australia’s iron ore sector.





The value of ‘social licence’

“Corporate social responsibility,” “social licence,” “social investment,” “millennium development goals,” “poverty alleviation,” “community development”. . . Suddenly, a whole new jargon has emerged, and with it, increased complexity for mining pr…



The aluminum beer bottle, produced jointly by Alcoa and Pittsburgh Brewing.

Aluminum beer bottles

Pittsburgh Brewing Co. and Alcoa have jointly developed an aluminum beer bottle. The announcement follows a history of innovation between the two companies, which led to the first pull-top can in 1962 — a major innovation in the beer and soft-dri…


Exploration spending Down Under

A telling picture of the state of play in the Australian resources sector was spelt out in Exploration Quarterly Review, published by Aegis Equities Research in its Blue Book series.



Five die in Chilean mine

Five workers have died in an accident at Anglo American‘s (AAUK-Q) El Soldado copper mine in central Chile.


SouthernEra splits assets

With platinum prices enjoying their best levels in years, the board of SouthernEra Resources (SUF-T) has approved a plan to hive off the company’s diamond and precious metal assets into two separately listed public companies.


People (September 06, 2004)

Atikwa Minerals — Ian Atkinson resigned as president but remains director; CFO Bradley Kipp adds the title of president.


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