Articles by Northern Miner Staff

A mill at Yamana Gold's El Penon gold-silver mine, 160 km southeast of Antofagasta, Chile. Photo by Yamana Gold

Yamana ramps up exploration at El Penon

Of Yamana Gold’s (YRI-T, AUY-N) $125-million budgeted for exploration this year — a 10% increase over 2011 — about $29.5 million, or 23%, is earmarked for northern Chile, where it owns 100% of the high-grade El Penon…


LME falling into Chinese hands

In another milestone of Britain’s century-long fading as a global power, the 135-year-old, privately held London Metal Exchange — the world’s premier non-ferrous metals market — looks set to be sold off to interests…



Atacama Pacific has several projects in Chile in addition to its flagship Cerro Maricunga gold property. Photo by Atacama Pacific

Atacama drills deep into Chile

Carl Hansen is a big fan of the Maricunga mineral belt in Chile’s Atacama region, high in the Andes.The president and CEO of Atacama Pacific (ATM-V) is advancing the company’s wholly owned Cerro Maricunga gold project, which is just…


Short position reports

TSX Short Positions                                   Short positions outstanding at June 15/12 (with changes from May…


Hauling material at Rio Tinto's and Harry Winston Diamond's Diavik diamond mine 300 km northeast of Yellowknife, Northwest Territories. Photo by Harry Winston Diamond

Harry Winston sees Q1 profits, revenues rise

Harry Winston Diamond’s (HW-T, HWD-N) first-quarter earnings of fiscal 2013 tripled to US$11.6 million on higher rough diamond sales and stronger retail performance, but missed analysts’ expectations. For the quarter ended April 30,…


A portal and underground development workings at Trevali Mining's Santander polymetallic mine in Peru. Photo by Trevali Mining

Trevali pushes towards Peruvian production

Vancouver-based Trevali Mining (TV-T, TREVF-Q) is getting closer to launching Peru’s next polymetallic mine with a little help from a well-known player in the metal game: Glencore International (GLEN-L).The two companies plan to have…


Rio Alto Mining's La Arena gold mine in northwest Peru's La Libertad district. Photo by Rio Alton Mining

Mid-tier producers grapple with Peru’s growing pains

Peru is experiencing a mining boom of global proportions thanks to years of heavy investment and increasing production. The country is the world’s number-two copper producer, number-two silver producer, number-six gold producer,…


Los Bronces copper mine in Chile. Photo by Anglo American.

Mining boom drives growing energy need

The Andean nations of Chile and Peru are the top copper-producing locales in the world. Chile holds the number-one spot with annual production clocking in at 4.9 million tonnes, while Peru sits in second place with output totalling 1.2 million…


Eastern Platinum's Mareesburg platinum project in South Africa, where development has been suspended. Photo by Eastern Platinum

Eastplats stung by platinum price drop

A softening platinum market is taking a bite out of miners as companies face shrinking margins and production challenges, especially in South Africa’s prolific Bushveld complex, which accounts for 72% of global platinum output.The…



Exchange rates

EXCHANGE RATES CANADIAN/U.S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate) Date June 18 June 15 June 14 June 13 June 12   US$ in C 1.0266 1.0244 1.0247 1.0270 1.0268  …


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