Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Boliden (BOL-T), whose Los Frailes mine was shut down by a tailings dam failure on April 25, now estimates that repairs to the dyke and remedial work downstream from the break could put the mine back …

Teck (TEK-T) has enountered low-grade copper mineralization in its first round of drilling at the Mocha porphyry prospect in northern Chile.Under an agreement with its joint-venture partner, Royal Sil…

A deal between Vancouver, Wash.-based Columbia Ventures and the government of British Columbia has paved the way for construction of a primary aluminum production plant in the province.Construction of…

Due to poorer-than-anticipated recovery in the leaching circuit, Phelps Dodge (PDn-N) plans to curtail production at the Chino copper operation in New Mexico.The move will lower annual production at C…

Could you please advise me, and other shareholders, of the present status of Rea Gold?.BJames BethuneRea Gold and its subsidiary, Bissett Gold Mining, filed for bankruptcy in December 1997 after faili…

The Dow Jones Industrial average erased its losses from last week to end the report period of April 29-May 5 up 248.61 points (or 2.8%). The average tested the 9,200-mark earlier in the week, only to …

The Vancouver Stock Exchange mining index reflected a lacklustre performance in precious and base metal prices, slipping 1.37 points, or 0.3%, to close at 488.64 over the April 29-May 5 report period….

The recent downturn in lead and zinc prices affected the first-quarter earnings reported by Breakwater Resources (BWR-T).The Toronto-based company earned $1.6 million (or 2cents per share) in the 3-mo…