Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Healthy operating cash flow in Q1, Barrick says

Barrick Gold (ABX-T, ABX-N) has reported operating cash flow in the first quarter of 2013 at US$1.1 billion, down from US$1.4 billion in the first quarter of 2012, while net earnings totalled US$847 million, or US85¢ per share, down from…


The coal loading facility at Teck's Elkview operation in southeastern British Columbia. Source: Teck Resources

Cheap coal hits Teck’s bottom line

Teck Resources’ (TCK-T, TCK-N) first-quarter performance beat analyst expectations but came in lower compared to a year ago, owing to global economic uncertainty and weaker commodity prices.


A drill rig at Mason Graphite's Lac Guret graphite project in Quebec's North Shore region. Source: Mason Graphite

PEA shows Lac Guret has graphite potential

VANCOUVER — For just $90 million, Mason Graphite (LLG-V) could transform its Lac Guéret project in Quebec’s North Shore into a mine producing 50,000 tonnes of graphite concentrate annually for $390 per tonne, a cost that…


Allana closes in on Ethiopian potash development

VANCOUVER — Toronto-based junior Allana Potash (AAA-T) sees 2013 as a pivotal year for its wholly owned Dallol potash project in Ethiopia’s northeastern Danakil Depression, and since filing its last mining application in late April,…


A conveyor belt at African Barrick's North Mara mine in Tanzania. Source: Barrick Gold

African Barrick rights the ship

African Barrick Gold (ABG-L) has endured its fair share of criticism over the last few years. There have been misses on production targets and social unrest around its assets in Tanzania. Then there was a failed takeover bid from a…



The processing plant at First Majestic Silver's Del Toro silver mine in Mexico. Source: First Majestic Silver

First Majestic to join top-tier silver miners

First Majestic Silver (FR-T, AG-N) is eyeing senior producer status as it expands Del Toro — its fifth silver mine in Mexico — and improves operations at its four other mines in the country to drive its annual silver production…


Argonaut Gold's La Colorada gold mine in Sonora, Mexico. Source: Argonaut Gold

Argonaut unveils Veta Madre resource at La Colorada

The La Colorada deposit in Sonora Mexico has come a long way since Jesuit missionaries first staked the ground and mined the Minas Prietas zone in the mid-1700s. From 1860 to 1914 the deposit was mined from underground (production was shut…



Lac Lamle off to a good start

Fancamp Exploration’s (FNC-V) first resource estimate on its Lac Lamêlée South iron project in the Fermont mining district of Quebec has outlined 520 million tonnes grading 39.5% iron at a 22% iron cut-off grade—about…


Trevali ‘more than a one-trick pony,’ Haywood says

New Brunswick has given the green light to Trevali Mining (TV-T) to operate its Caribou mine and mill complex in the Atlantic province’s Bathurst mining camp, and the zinc-focused development company says it expects to fire up the mill…


Editorial: Tweaking the TFWP

Though the abuses started several years ago, the importing of low-wage Chinese miners by HD Mining International to B.C. late last year and the CBC’s recent revelation on Go Public that the Royal Bank has been laying off skilled,…


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