Articles by Northern Miner Staff


An aerial view of Taseko Mines' New Prosperity project in central British Columbia. Credit: Taseko Mines

Taseko denied New Prosperity

VANCOUVER — Despite a $300-million adaptation to save Fish Lake, the Canadian government will not allow Taseko Mines (TSX: TKO; NYSE-MKT: TGB) to build a $1.5-billion open-pit copper–gold mine at its New Prosperity project in…



Editorial: Curtain closes on New Prosperity

The firm denial by the federal government on environmental grounds of Taseko Mines’ proposed New Prosperity open-pit gold–copper mine near Williams Lake, B.C., wasn’t a surprise to many in the market, as evidenced by most…


US markets continue to roll, Feb. 24-28

The U.S. equity market keeps defying experts’ warning of a correction, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average up 219 points to 16,321.71, the S&P 500 up 23 points to 1,859.45 and the Nasdaq up 35 points to 4,308.12 for the period.


TSX slips, Feb. 24-28

The S&P/TSX Composite Index dipped nearly 4 points to 14,209.59 during the trading week. Both the gold and diversified miners edged down. The S&P/TSX Capped Diversified Metals & Mining Index dropped 2.28 points to 835.14, while the…



Coalspur Mines' Vista coal project near Hinton, Alberta. Credit: Coalspur Mines

Regulator approves Coalspur’s Vista

VANCOUVER — It looks like financing will be the last hurdle for Coalspur Mines (TSX: CPT, US-OTC: CSPZF) at its Vista thermal coal project, 10 km east of the town of Hinton, Alta. On Feb. 27 the Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) approved…



A drill rig Corvus Gold's North Bullfrog gold project in southern Nevada. Credit: Corvus Gold

Progress at North Bullfrog keeps Corvus shares climbing

VANCOUVER — It has been a good year so far for Corvus Gold (TSX: KOR). The company started out 2014 with almost $12 million in the bank, and has since released a raft of good drill results from its flagship North Bullfrog gold project in…


Teck Resources' Red Dog high-grade zinc mine in Alaska. Credit: Teck Resources

Zinc’s price set to rise, analysts say

Patricia Mohr, vice-president of economics and a commodity market specialist at Scotiabank, believes zinc “will be the next big base-metal play for investors.” She forecasts prices will average US94¢ per lb. in 2014 —…


Commentary: Pay packages shrink for mining execs

Over the past year in the mining industry, we have seen many impairments and writedowns, project cancellations, project postponements, capital spending cuts, profit downgrades and reported net-income losses. Not surprisingly, this has affected…


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