Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Centerra hits another roadblock at Kumtor

A swarm of protestors have blocked the only road leading to Centerra Gold’s (CG-T) Kumtor gold mine in Kyrgyzstan in a move to pressure the government to cancel the 2009 Kumtor agreement it signed with the miner.




Citibank calls the end of the Supercycle

A new report from Citi Research, a division of Citigroup Global Markets, says returns have peaked for the mining sector, and that this is the year that “the death bells ring for the commodity supercycle after its duly noted…




Partners prove up copper potential at Pyramid project

VANCOUVER — It took less than three years and only 30 holes for Full Metal Minerals (FMM-V) and Antofagasta (ANTO-L) to define a resource at their Pyramid project in Alaska that contains more than 1.3 billion lb. copper, as well as…




UPDATE2: Grasberg tunnel collapse kills 28

Twenty-eight workers have died at Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold’s (FCX-N) Grasberg mining complex in Indonesia after the roof of an underground training facility collapsed on May 14. Ten others have been rescued.



U.S. markets, May 13-17

U.S. markets continued their upward march, marking their fourth straight week of gains. The Dow Jones Industrial Average advanced 235.91 points, or 1.56%, to close the week at 15,354.40, while the S&P 500 Index rose 33.77 points, or 2.07%,…


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