Articles by Northern Miner Staff

An equity loss related to the Batu Hijau copper-gold mine in Indonesia and a non-cash, hedging-related charge combined to sink second-quarter earnings for Newmont Mining (NEM-N).The company posted a n…

Promotion is an undercurrent of the mining business, and companies often boast that their project has geological similarities to the world-class one down the road or over the hill. To some degree, thi…

The song says everybody wants to rule the world, but in reality most people are too busy working and raising families. Some might be tempted, only to realize that others are better-qualified. Some mig…

The Yukon remains a small and specialized economy dependent on mining. Although there has been an increase in the size of government and increased economic diversification, mining remains the most imp…

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More than 1,200 workers at the Falconbridge nickel plant in Sudbury, Ont., went on strike after their contract expired on Aug.1.Negotiations for a new contract between Falconbridge and Canadian Auto W…

Copper again set the tone for much of the trading during the report period July 24-28 and looks set to sustain its position of dominance. The stronger copper price seemed only to affect zinc, which br…

Quebec’s Ministry of Natural Resources has granted a mining permit to Montreal-based Niocan (NIO-T) for the Oka niobium project, west of Montreal.A feasibility study, completed two years ago, proposes…

Old mining properties never die; they just get recycled . . . or so goes an industry adage. And that means someone was bound to dust off the Howard’s Pass zinc deposit, which didn’t quite make the roc…

Thanks to stronger demand for potash and higher nitrogen prices, Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan (POT-T) turned a tidy profit in the second quarter.Net earnings in the three months ended June 30 topped U…