Articles by Northern Miner Staff

London-based mining giant Rio Tinto (RTP-N) has agreed to up its stake in Toronto-based SouthernEra Resources (SUF-…

An accident has claimed the lives of two employees of Edmonton-based Supreme Steel at the Diavik diamond mine, abou…

Vancouver — Coming off a successful drill program on the Hope Bay project in Canada’s high north, Hope Bay Gold (H…

Vancouver — Australian-based Lafayette Mining has received an Environmental Clearance Certificate (ECC) from the P…

The Toronto Stock Exchange edged up 21.93 points on Thursday to close at 7,642.4. The conglomerates subindex led th…

Vancouver — Placer Dome (PDG-T) has won the right to negotiate a deal to operate the large Pueblo Viejo gold proje…

Slumping nickel, copper and zinc prices more than halved Falconbridge’s (FL-T) earnings during the three months end…

Vancouver — Despite all the evidence of a significant find at the company’s Boyongan copper-gold prospect on the N…

Pan American Silver (PAA-T) has optioned a portion of its Huaron property in Peru’s Cerro de Pasco district to Sout…

Vancouver — A nine-hole reverse-circulation drill program by a subsidiary of BHP-Billiton (BHP-N) has failed to cu…

An 18.4-tonne composite mini-bulk sample from the Freightrain pipe on Twin Mining’s (TWG-T) Jackson Inlet property…

Idaho-based Hecla Mining (HL-N) has announced that it plans to lay off 147 workers and cut production at its Lucky…