Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Anglo-Australian giant BHP Billiton (BHP-N) has approved a US$1.4-billion plan to develop its Ravensthorpe nickel laterite deposit in Western Australia. The scheme also calls for a doubling of capacity at the Yabulu nickel refin…

After a long wrangle over permitting, Fording Canadian Coal Trust (FDG.UN-T) and partner Teck Cominco (TEK-T) have decided to put the Cheviot coal project, near Hinton, Alta., into production.

Surface drilling by American Bonanza Gold Mining (BZA-V) has returned a high-grade intercept from the Copperstone project in Arizona.

In return for 8 million shares valued at $22.2 million, Taseko Mines (TKO-V) will acquire all the issued and outstanding units of the Gibraltar Reclamation Trust Limited Partnership (GRTLP).

De Beers has recovered a 0.9-carat diamond from a bulk sample taken at the Festival property, north of Wawa, Ont. The project is a joint venture with Toronto-based diamond explorer Pele Mountain Resources (GEM…

Drilling by Canarc Resource (CCM-T) at the Benzdorp property in Suriname has extended the known length of the JQA gold-copper stockwork by a further 100 metres.

Vancouver — Terrorist retaliation fears against the U.S. over Israel’s shocking assassination of Hamas’s spiritual leader, Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, helped fuel bond and bullion prices over the week ended March 23. The TSX Venture Exchange S&P composi…