Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Alcoa — Hronn Petursdottir appointed human resources and community relations manager at Fjardaal in Iceland.

Defiance Mining (DM-T) has completed a bankable feasibility study of its Tasiast gold project in Mauritania, West Africa.

North American Mining: 97.24 (-0.49)…

Vancouver — Higher production costs, brought about by continued appreciation of foreign currencies against the U.S. dollar, trimmed Placer Dome‘s (PDG-T) profits in the first quarter.

Vancouver — Record first-quarter earnings posted by Teck Cominco (TEK-T) were overshadowed by the company’s decision to halt development of the Pogo gold project in Alaska.

Increased production of pricier copper and zinc enabled Inmet Mining (IMN-T) to more than triple its earnings to $22.9 million (or 49 per share) during the first quarter.

About 1,350 workers at two mines operated by Southern Peru Copper, the country’s biggest copper miner, walked off the job for 48 hours in an effort to gain higher wages and an end to out-sourcing.

Sherritt secures financing…