Freeport back to work at Grasberg
An Indonesian government review of an accident at the Grasberg copper-gold mine in Irian Jaya, Indonesia, has appro…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Kinross and Bema to restart Refugio
Kinross Gold (K-T) and Bema Gold (BGO-T) plan to restart mining operations at the Refugio heap leach mine located n…
Silver Standard cuts high-grade in Mexico
Vancouver – The initial drill results from a 3,100 metre drill program has prompted Silver Standard Resources (SSO…
Juniors fill their coffers
The money just keeps on flowing into the hands of Canada’s junior mineral explorers.Over the weekend, Nevsun Re…
Exchange Rates (December 08, 2003)
CANADIAN/U.S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate)DateDec. 2Dec. 1Nov. 28Nov. 27Nov. 26US$ in C$1.29821.30231.29731.308…
Producer and Dealer Prices (December 08, 2003)
Antimony: Mid-mkt US$2,000/t.Bismuth: Mid-mkt US$2.90/lb.Cadmium: Mid-mkt US$0.70/lb.Cobalt: Recent trades US$15.60-17.00/lb.Copper: Comex Dec. US$0.974/lb.Indium: Indium Corp., ingot, US$265/kg.Iridi…
Green light for Fazenda Nova
Following a positive feasibility study, Yamana Gold (YRI-T) has decided to put its Fazenda Nova project, in Brazil’s Goias state, into production.The planned operation, which comprises a group of smal…
The Northern Miner Indices (December 08, 2003)
North American Mining: 110.07 (+7.47)Small Producers: 111.93 (+11.95)(Sept. 30/98 = 100)…
Teck, EPA at loggerheads
Talks have broken off between enforcement staff of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Teck Cominco (TEK-T), after the EPA refused an offer from the company to fund environmental site e…
De Beers to bring Gahcho Kue to feasibility (December 08, 2003)
Budgets have been approved for a full feasibility study at the Gahcho Kue (Kennady Lake) diamond property in the Northwest Territories. The project is being operated by De Beers Consolidated Mining on…
Spot Prices Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2003 Courtesy of Scotiabank
Precious MetalsPrice (US$/oz.)ChangeGold$401.35+9.85Silver$5.46+0.25Platinum$776.00+18.00…
Jaguar Nickel fires up pilot plant (December 08, 2003)
Junior Jaguar Nickel (JNI-T) has started up a pilot plant designed to test the viability of its proprietary atmospheric chloride-leach process on ore samples from the Sechol nickel-cobalt laterite pro…