A busy news day for B2Gold
B2Gold (BTO-T) delivered a flurry of good news to the market and investors responded accordingly.
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Alderon remains on track for iron ore production at Kami
VANCOUVER — Vancouver-based Alderon Iron Ore (ADV-T, AXX-X) has passed another major milestone in a quest to put its Kamistiatusset (Kami) iron ore project in western Labrador into production by the end of 2015. On Jan. 9, the company…
Cameco gets access to Russian warheads
It took longer than expected but Cameco (CCO-T, CCJ-N) has cleared all the regulatory hurdles and has closed its acquisition of nuclear fuels trader NUKEM Energy GmbH (NUKEM).
Denison expands Wheeler River resource
An updated resource estimate for the Phoenix uranium deposits in the Athabasca Basin usher them into an exclusive club of high-grade uncomformity deposits that includes the McArthur River mine 37 km to the northeast, the world’s largest…
Northern Freegold homes in on Nucleus deposit high grade
VANCOUVER – A new resource estimate outlining a higher-grade starter zone has put the Freegold Mountain project in prime position as owner Northern Freegold Resources (NFR-V) finalizes the project’s first economic assessment.
Barrick fails to sell African assets to CNG
Barrick Gold (ABX-T, ABX-N) has ended talks with China National Gold regarding the potential sale of its 74% interest in African Barrick Gold (ABG-L), putting off hopes that the major could distance itself from its…
Rising steel production in India to bolster coking coal prices
Talk of coal usually focuses on the thermal variety — the lower-carbon black rock burned in generators to produce electricity — to the neglect of the higher-quality variety used in steelmaking. The focus makes sense: the world…
Consol Energy sells coal assets in Canada
Consol Energy (CNX-N) sold two non-producing coal assets in Western Canada at the end of 2012 for US$127 million, bringing its total asset sales in 2012 to more than US$350 million, the company reported in the new year.
Santacruz Silver on the fast track
For Mexico-focused Santacruz Silver Mining (SCZ-V), 2013 could be the year that well-planted seeds take root and grow. The Vancouver-based company is working on a trio of advanced-stage silver projects with the goal of achieving inaugural…
Superior Copper revisits the old Coppercorp mine
Superior Copper (SPC-V) is hoping to find a new mine beside an old one as it gears up for another round of drilling on its flagship Batchawana copper property.
Copper Fox falls on Schaft Creek feasibility
After four years of drilling, designing, consulting and number crunching, Copper Fox Metals (CUU-V) has produced a feasibility study for its planned Schaft Creek mine in B.C. that increases throughput by 30% compared to earlier plans, while…
Cline keeps its head above water
Six months after Toronto-based Cline Mining (CMK-T) suspended operations at its wholly owned New Elk metallurgical coal mine outside of Trinidad, Colo., the company is still searching for answers.