Freeport to sell e-concentrates
Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold (FCX-N), through subsidary P.T. Freeport-Indonesia (PT-FI), has developed an interactive auction format for the sale of concentrates from the Grasberg copper-gold comple…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Consolidation momentum builds
Early last summer, John Lydall of National Bank Financial predicted that the burgeoning consolidation binge taking place in the global mining industry would continue with more deals, mergers and acqui…
Phelps Dodge exits deal
Copper producer Phelps Dodge (PD-N) has withdrawn from a previously announced deal with Stratabound Minerals (SB-V), under which it would have earned an interest in the Monarca zinc project in north-e…
Eldorado transplants environmental know-how to Mexico, Brazil and Turkey
Through careful reclamation procedures at its two open-pit heap-leach gold mines in Mexico, Eldorado has continued to demonstrate high environmental standards.In October 1998, the Vancouver-based comp…
Crew Development advances Greenland gold project
Although it has been more than 1,000 years since the Vikings discovered Greenland, its mineral resources remain relatively unexplored. However, that may all change now that Crew Development (CRU-T) is…
Doing better by living better
In this country, the direction of the prevailing wind from the politically and socially powerful can always be read from the headlines of the Globe and Mail, and in environmental matters this is no di…
Diavik assessment marred by conflict
The environmental assessment and approval process for the Diavik diamond mine illustrates the conflict created by mining developments in impoverished yet relatively undisturbed, ecologically fragile r…
Freeport signs agreement with locals in Indonesia
The Indonesian mining unit of Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold (FCX-N) has taken additional steps to resolve social and environmental issues at the vast Grasberg copper-gold mine in Irian Jaya.The compa…
Bald Mountain study shows uses of baseline data
The public often reacts to proposed mining development as though it will degrade and pollute a pristine wilderness, but anyone capable of a little geochemical reflection knows that mineral deposits ca…
Finding solutions to ARD
One of the most serious environmental challenges for the mining industry is acid rock drainage (ARD).ARD occurs naturally through the physical and chemical weathering of rocks that contain metal-sulph…
Exchange Rates (September 11, 2000)
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CDNX posts strong gains for month, year to date
Canada’s junior exchange barreled through the Labour Day-shortened week with strong gains in all sectors. The Canadian Venture Exchange composite index jumped 191.84 points, or 5.6%, to finish the wee…