Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Antimony: Mid-mkt US$2,680/t.

Vancouver — Vancouver-based UGL Enterprises () is preparing to drill two of the six large properties in Mongolia that it acquired over the past year. The acquistions were made under an arrangement with Mine Info, a Mongolian ex…

By far the most impressive exploration drill results tabled during the report period ended May 4 came from Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold‘s “Deep MLZ” underground target, which represents the deepest extensions below the DOZ und…

Nuinsco Resources (NWI-T) has tabled independent resource estimates for two of its gold deposits in northwestern Ontario.

Diamond mining is not new to China. The 701 Changma mine has been operating for decades, and is China’s largest diamond producer. It is an old mine currently profiting from new management and technological upgrades.

Aluminum giant Alcan will slash 277 jobs at the Paris headquarters of Pechiney, with which it recently merged. The move is designed to ensure the Montreal-based company meets its target of saving US$350 million annually by the end of 2005.

Alcoa — Hronn Petursdottir appointed human resources and community relations manager at Fjardaal in Iceland.

Defiance Mining (DM-T) has completed a bankable feasibility study of its Tasiast gold project in Mauritania, West Africa.

North American Mining: 97.24 (-0.49)…