Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Toxic waste spills out of the tailings dam at Imperial Metals' Mount Polley copper-gold mine, shortly after its collapse in August 2014. Source:

Tailings dam failures to continue, experts say

A year after Imperial Metals’ (TSX: III; US-OTC: IPMLF) Mount Polley copper-gold mine released 25 million cubic metres of waste into B.C.’s Fraser River watershed after its tailings dam broke, a new report claims that the worldwide…


Drills on barges on Patterson Lake at Fission Uranium's Patterson Lake South uranium project, near Saskatchewan's Athabasca basin. Source: Fission Uranium

Fission Uranium’s Triple R shows strong economics

Analysts are applauding Fission Uranium’s (TSX: FCU; US-OTC: FCUUF) preliminary economic assessment (PEA) on the Triple R deposit at its 100% owned Patterson Lake South property just outside the southwestern portion of …



Salt picks up slack from coal, iron ore on St. Lawrence Seaway

High demand pushed 1.4 million tonnes of road salt through the St. Lawrence Seaway between April 2 and July 31. That figure represents a 3% rise from 2014, which was an exceptional year for salt, according to the St. Lawrence Seaway Management…


DSI scoops up bolt business from Hilti

DYWIDAG-Systems International (DSI) has announced it is buying the intellectual property and manufacturing assets for the “OneStep” mining bolt from Hilti.






Goldcorp's El Morro gold-copper project in northern Chile's Huasco province. Source: Goldcorp

Goldcorp, Teck join forces to tackle El Morro in Chile

El Morro, the large undeveloped gold-copper deposit in northern Chile, will become the focus of a joint venture (JV) between Goldcorp (TSX: G; NYSE: GG) and Teck Resources (TSX: TCK.B; NYSE: TCK), giving it a better chance of reaching its…




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