Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Doa Loretta hosts significant copper

GlobeStar Mining (GMI-V) and Everton Resources (EVR-V) continue to hit significant values at their Doa Loretta copper porphyry project, 100 km northeast of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.


Leak causes CEZinc shutdown

Noranda (NRD-T) says a chemical leak that shut down a plant at a Quebec zinc refinery, 30 km west of Montreal, did not harm local residents or affect production.


Defiance says adios Honduras

Proposed changes in Honduran mining regulations have prompted Defiance Mining (DM-T) to drop its option on the Zopilote gold property, in the western department of Santa Barbara.


Cleveland Cliffs settles contracts

Iron miner Cleveland-Cliffs (CLF-N) says workers at four operations it manages have ratified 4-year labour agreements that call for a 9% wage increase over the course of the deals. The contracts expire Sept. 1, 2008.


Vaaldiam personnel sampling the Tumeleiro 3 kimberlite pipe at Pimenta Bueno. A 163-kg sample Rio Tinto collected from the pipe in the mid-1990s graded 17.84 carats per tonne.

Vaaldiam hunts for Brazilian diamonds

A rejuvenated Vaaldiam Resources (VAA-V) has been busy these past eight months carrying out grassroots exploration on its Pimenta Bueno diamond property in Brazil.


Taking action Down Under

Since 1996, a decline in spending on minerals exploration spending in Australia, coupled with significant structural changes to the industry, has reduced access to capital, expertise and other resources. As a result, the country has failed to resp…


Drills turn at Yamba Lake

Drilling has begun at Yamba Lake, near Yellowknife, N.W.T., where SouthernEra Resources (SUF-T) is hunting for diamonds.



Canadian Stock Exchange Indices (August 30, 2004)


Market rally pulls up miners

U.S. stock markets made a modest gain during the report period Aug. 12-24, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 1.6% to 10,098.63 points and the S&P 500 index up 1.9% at 1,096.19.



Noranda enjoyes profitable Q2

Noranda (NRD-T) is comfortably back in the black with second-quarter earnings of US$107 million, compared with a loss of $10 million for the corresponding quarter of last year.


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