Articles by Northern Miner Staff

West takes East back to school in MM2000 contest

Team West beat Team East 11-0 in a friendly hockey game for industry professionals held during the Mining Millennium 2000 convention in Toronto.Tom Schroeter, Western squad captain and geologist at th…


500 jobs lost as Quintette Coal shuts down

Plagued by dropping coal prices and high production costs, Quintette Coal and Teck have decided to close the Quintette coal mine, near Tumbler Ridge, B.C.The announcement comes less than three months …






Yanacocha boosts earnings

In 1999, Compania de Minas Buenaventura (BVN-N) earned US$45 million (or 72 per American Depository Receipt), compared with US$30 million (48 per ADR) in the previous year.The profit was largely a r…


NAP eases labour tension at Lac des les

North American Palladium (PDL-T) has reached an agreement with unionized workers at the Lac Des les palladium-platinum open-pit mine, north of Thunder Bay, Ont.Members of the United Steelworkers of A…


TVX takes writedown

Toronto-based TVX Gold (TVX-T) will take a $64-million, one-time, non-cash charge against its 1999 earnings, reflecting the original purchase price of the Stratoni lead-zinc operation in Greece.The wr…


EVENTS (March 13, 2000)

March 16-17 American Association of Professional Landmen — “16th Annual Meeting.” Peppermill Hotel & Casino, Reno, Nev. Tel: (817) 847-7700. Web site: http://www.nvlandman.org/malri.ht…


PEOPLE (March 13, 2000)

Cornerstone — Timothy Froude appointed manager of exploration.Niko — John Koch appointed vp operations.Ontex — Charles Harnick, Peter Clute and Laurence Marsland appointed directors.


Improved price buoys SPC

Higher copper prices lifted fourth-quarter earnings for Southern Peru Copper (PCU-N) in 1999.The company posted net earnings of US$9.7 million (or 12 per share), compared with earnings of US$3.4 mill…


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