Articles by Northern Miner Staff

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.

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)…

Vancouver — Record first-quarter earnings posted by Teck Cominco (TEK-T) were overshadowed by the company’s decision to halt development of the Pogo gold project in Alaska.

Increased production of pricier copper and zinc enabled Inmet Mining (IMN-T) to more than triple its earnings to $22.9 million (or 49 per share) during the first quarter.

About 1,350 workers at two mines operated by Southern Peru Copper, the country’s biggest copper miner, walked off the job for 48 hours in an effort to gain higher wages and an end to out-sourcing.