Articles by Northern Miner Staff




A shovel dumps a load into a haul truck as Thompson Creek strips overburden in preparation to start mining the North pit at Mt Milligan. Credit: Thompson Creek Metals

Thompson Creek Metals on track

Thompson Creek Metals (TSX: TCM; NYSE: TC) is in the final stages of ramping up its Mt. Milligan mine in northern B.C., and it’s on track to reach commercial production in the first quarter of 2014.




The field camp at Trilogy Metals's Bornite copper project in northwestern Alaska. Credit: Trilogy Metals.

NovaCopper prepares for a big year

NovaCopper (TSX: NCQ; NYSE-MKT: NCQ) will be coming out with an updated resource estimate for its Bornite carbonate-hosted copper deposit in northwestern Alaska before the end of March, and expects to kick off a prefeasibility study of Arctic,…


Osisko president and CEO Sean Roosen.

Osisko board slams Goldcorp offer

Osisko Mining’s (TSX: OSK; US-OTC: OSKFF) board has provided a long list of reasons why it believes its shareholders should reject the hostile $2.6-billion takeover bid tabled by Goldcorp (TSX: G; NYSE: GG) on Jan. 14. 


Mining operations at Tahoe Resources' Escobal mine in Guatemala. Credit: Tahoe Resources

Tahoe crosses the production finish line at Escobal

VANCOUVER — Industry success stories have been hard to come by over the past few years, but mine developers like Tahoe Resources (TSX: THO; NYSE: TAHO) are proving that even tough markets can’t stand in the way of a strong…


TSX Venture Exchange, Jan. 13-17

The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index extended its rally during the trading sessions, with a 9.79-point gain leading to a 976.34-point weekly close, which marks the Venture’s highest close since April 2011. Market enthusiasm was fuelled…


Copper Mountain Mining's namesake copper mine, 20 km south of Princeton, British Columbia. Credit: Copper Mountain Mining

Copper Mountain starts 2014 on a high note

Copper Mountain Mining (TSX: CUM) has exited 2013 in high gear, with the December quarter marking the fifth consecutive quarter of production growth at its namesake copper–gold mine near Princeton, B.C.



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