Peabody expanding presence in Australia
Peabody Energy (BTU-N) is taking all of the Millennium coal mine in Australia.The coal producer says it has alr…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Altius posts $52-million impairment charge
Altius Minerals’ (ALS-T) annual net income was drastically cut by its investment in a multi-billion-dollar oil refi…
Newmont keeps tight grip on costs; strong second-quarter results
Despite industry-wide challenges of escalating operating and capital costs, Newmont Mining Corp. (NEM-N) says its s…
Copper Mountain weighs re-opening mine in B.C.
Re-starting a past-producing copper and precious metals mine in southern British Columbia looks more and more likel…
Augen Gold explores Swayze greenstone belt
Jerome, Ont. – Michael Fowler hopes to make a gold and molybdenum discovery here in the Swayze greenstone belt, a p…
CANADIAN GOLD MUTUAL FUNDS (July 28, 2008)
Fund name July 21 July 14 Change Change YTD MER* Assets* ($) ($) ($) (%) (%) (%) (M$) AGF Pr Mtl 26.29 27.99 -1.70 -6.1 -7.9 2.60 615.3 Altamira Pr & Str Mtl 12.44 13.02 -0…
Full Metal’s Little White Man gets bigger (July 28, 2008)
VANCOUVER — The first drill results from Full Metal Minerals’ (FMM-V, FLMTF-O) 2008 program have expanded the size of a zinc-lead- copper-silver mineralized area at its Little White Man (LWM) prospec…
Midasco sings Utah’s praises
VANCOUVER — It’s a good time to have acquired uranium past-producers, but it’s been tough selling them to the market.
Iron ore market to stay strong in 2009: forecasts
The iron ore boom continues, with the market expected to stay firm through next year, according to a report by the Iron Ore Trust Fund of Geneva-based United Nations Conference on Trade and Developmen…
Editorial: Miners need to be wary of McGuinty
The week ended July 19, the 29th trading week of 2008, kicked off with a surprise announcement by the Ontario government that it would “protect” at least 225,000 sq. km, or roughly half of the provinc…
CNQ TRADING — July 15 -21, 2008
(100s) WEEK 12-MONTH STOCK TICKER VOLUME HIGH LOW LAST CHANGE HIGH LOW Alliance Mining Corp AMCL 105 0.15 0.105 0.105 0.00 0.23 0.085 Arctic Hunter AAAU 40 0.20 0.20 0.20…
DIVIDENDS (July 28, 2008)
Company Div. Pay Record ($) Date Date Goldcorp 0.015* July 25 July 17 Endeavour Mng 0.015 July 31 July 25 Harry Winston 0.05* July 29 July 15…