Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Citizen involvement key to Ridgeway mine closure

Mining is an important economic engine in Canada, and that means that citizens living near mining camps are usually aware of a mine’s life cycle from exploration through closure. This is less true in …


Mining organizations intervene as CBD sues BLM

Several mining organizations have banded together to fight a lawsuit that threatens to hinder future development in the California Desert Conservation Area, where mining already takes place.The Centre…


Wayside resets placement

Current market conditions have prevented International Wayside Gold Mines (IWA-V) from closing a previously announced private placement of 3 million units priced at 85 each.Instead, Wayside has arran…


Elliot Lake’s mining legacy turns into asset

Elliot Lake, Ont., is a town built on uranium mining. When the mines closed, many feared the town would too. But they underestimated the efforts of community leaders who successfully marketed their co…


Placer Dome puts muscle into Marcopper cleanup

Despite holding a minority 39.9% interest in Marcopper Mining at the time of a 1996 tailings spill on Marinduque Island in the Philippines, Placer Dome (PDG-T) has shouldered the blame and borne 100% …


Antamina sets the bar in Peru

The Antamina copper-zinc project is breaking new ground in the environmental assessment and permitting process for mines in Peru.The $US2.3-billion project — one of the biggest mining developments in…


MEETINGS (September 11, 2000)

Sept. 12 Black Pearl — annual, specialSept. 12 McVicar Ltd. — annual, specialSept. 12 Patrician Cons. — annual, special; 10 a.m., 684 Farmbrook Crescent, Orleans, Ont.Sept. 12…


Caussa, Mountain Lake combine at Ventersdorp

Two Canadian-based mining companies are consolidating their land holdings in the Ventersdorp alluvial diamond camp in South Africa. Caussa Capital (CAU-T) and Mountain Lake Resources (MOA-V) say the c…


Exall losses mount in quarter

The continuing malaise in the gold market is taking its toll on junior producer Exall Resources (EXL-T).Net losses in the three months ended June 30 totalled $415,640 (or 2 per share) on revenue of $…


Anatolia proves up porphyry prospect in Turkey

Anatolia Minerals Development (AMCD.U-C) is encouraged by results from channel-sampling carried out on two subparallel traverses on the Cukurdere porphyry-skarn prospect in eastern Turkey.The upper tr…


Billiton trumps Noranda’s bid for Rio Algom

The big story during the Aug. 23-29 report period was the surprise $1.7-billion ($27 per share) cash offer for Rio Algom by British giant Billiton, which currently produces aluminum, iron ore, nickel …


Richmont in black again

A second good quarter is the reward for the bookkeeping adjustments made in 1999 by small gold producer Richmont Mines (RIC-T).Richmont, which operates gold mines in Quebec and Newfoundland, earned $1…


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