Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Finning Snaps Up Mining Contract With Imperial Oil

One of the world’s largest Caterpillar equipment dealers, Finning International (FTT-T, FINGF-O), has just secured a 10-year agreement with Imperial Oil (IMO-T, IMO-X) for equipment, parts, specialize…


Innov-X Announces New XRF Analyzers

Innov-X Systems, a long-time player in the geological analyzing business has released its newest line, built for gathering data in the field.


Dividends (February 22, 2010)

Note:Freeport McMoRan Copper & Gold will pay $0.60* div with the first payment of $0.15* paid on Feb. 1, 2010.Cameco is increasing its annual div to 28 cents per sahre from 26 cents. Alcoa pays qr…


Lending Rates (February 22, 2010)

as of 9 a.m. ET. Feb. 16, 2009 (%) Bank of Canada 0.50 Target overnight rate 0.25 Canadian Prime 2.25 U.S. Discount Primary 0.50 U.S. Fed Funds market rate 0-0.25 U.S. Prime 3….



Core samples at Wesdome Gold Mines' Eagle River gold mine near Wawa, Ont.

Wesdome Beats Production Forecast

Wesdome Gold Mines’ (WDO-T) gold production was 28% higher than expected in 2009 after grades at its Eagle River mine near Wawa, Ont., exceeded expectations.


Zimbabwe And The Appetite For Risk

Six to nine months ago when Ian Saunders tried to get a meeting with the investment community in Toronto or Vancouver about his company’s gold mine in Zimbabwe, no one wanted to talk to him.”You’d say you’ve got assets in Zimbabwe and it…


Constructing a conveyor belt in 2008 at Equinox Minerals' Lumwana copper mine in Zambia.

A Glance At Equinox’s Lumwana Mine

Equinox Minerals (EQN-T, EQN-A) has secured a US$400-million corporate loan facility from four commercial banks to pay its outstanding debt for its large scale Lumwana copper mine in Zambia’s North West province.The funding is expected to be…


Katanga Mining's KOV and Kamato copper-cobalt mines in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Katanga Springs Back To Life

The storm of the financial crisis is now behind Katanga Mining (KAT-T) and the company is looking to its operational strength to rebuild its balance sheet.Katanga — which was on the brink of ruin when the financial crisis first struck due…


Paladin Turns A Profit In Q4

After a lean 2008, Paladin Energy (PDN-T) is beginning to reap the benefits of its recent constructive history. The Perth, Australia-based uranium miner has managed to get two uranium mines into production in Africa over the last five years and…


Pan American Silver Reports Record Financial Results

It certainly wasn’t the case for a lot of mining companies, but 2009 proved to be a dazzling year for Pan American Silver (PAA-T, PAAS-X). The company not only reported its fourteenth consecutive year…


Shore Gold’s Quest For Diamonds

Shore Gold (SGF-T) is a step closer to developing Saskatchewan’s first diamond mine with the release of a positive prefeasibility study on its Star and Orion South kimberlites.


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