Ok Tedi battles problems
A preliminary consultant’s report on waste management at the Ok Tedi copper-gold mine in the western interior of Papua New Guinea has not provided any solutions to the mine’s environmental problems, a…
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NEVADA & THE WESTERN STATES — Wharf mine a solid producer for Goldcorp
While most of the attention directed toward Goldcorp (G-T) is related to its Red Lake development in Ontario, the Toronto-based company has been quietly cranking out gold at its expanded Wharf mine in…
NEVADA & THE WESTERN STATES — Conquistador chases PGMs
Conquistador Mines (CMG-V) is carrying out a due diligence review of a past-producing platinum-palladium property in Nevada.A recently signed letter-of-intent agreement gives the junior an exclusive 9…
NEVADA & THE WESTERN STATES — Nevada voted tops for mining investment
A survey of hard-rock mining companies throughout North America has concluded that Nevada is far and away the highest-rated region for overall investment attractiveness.The survey was carried out by t…
Manhattan finances Peruvian VMS project
Manhattan Minerals (MAN-T) will use proceeds of $11.25 million from a special warrant financing to explore the Tambo Grande volcanogenic massive sulphide (VMS) project in northern Peru.A syndicate led…
NEVADA & THE WESTERN STATES — Copper takes toll on BHP
With copper prices still languishing well below US$1 per lb., many of the mines acquired by Broken Hill Proprietary (BHP-N) in its 1995 takeover of Magma Copper are losing money and facing possible cl…
NEVADA & THE WESTERN STATES — Partners make Rosebud bloom– Costs at underground mine proving to be low
Not every successful Nevada gold mine is a big, high-tonnage open pit. The Rosebud mine near Winnemucca, a joint venture of Hecla Mining (HL-N) and Newmont Mining (NEM-N), is seeing increased producti…
LETTER TO THE EDITOR — Legal chicanery threatens U.S. mining
The Northern Miner’s support of a strong and viable U.S. mining industry is very much appreciated. Recent editorials on Summitville, Bruce Babbitt, and zinc and the EPA have been right on point. Your …
NEVADA & THE WESTERN STATES — Ruby Hill low-cost producer for Homestake
Constructed at a cost of US$64.7 million, Homestake Mining’s (HM-N) Ruby Hill gold mine near Eureka, Nev., has become the century-old mining company’s lowest-cost operation.The new mine achieved comme…
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NEVADA & THE WESTERN STATES — Vista works out bugs at Mineral Ridge mine
Technical setbacks at the newly acquired Mineral Ridge gold mine and lower production at the Hycroft gold mine, both of which are in Nevada, translated into a disappointing first quarter for Vista Gol…
Freeport hunkers down and goes — Grasberg solidifies status as world’s lowest-cost copper producer
James Moffett, the no-nonsense chairman of Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold (FCX-N), once predicted that if copper prices “went in the dumper,” his company’s Grasberg mine in Indonesia and BHP’s Escondi…