Articles by Northern Miner Staff

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.

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.

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.

Vancouver — Metallurgical testing on material taken from the Huevos Verdes gold-silver vein in southern Argentina has resulted in encouraging recoveries for 49-51 partners Minera Andes (MAI-V) and Mauricio Hochschild &…

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

The latest diamond drill results from partners International Uranium (IUC-T) and JNR Resources (JNN-V) at the Moore Lake uranium project in Saskatchewan include the best-ever intersection.

Vancouver — A revised plan of operation at PolyMet Mining‘s (POM-V) wholly owned NorthMet project in northeastern Minnesota is entering the permitting stage.