Articles by Northern Miner Staff

A view of Detour Gold's Detour Lake gold mine under construction in northern Ontario. Photo by Detour Gold

Detour Lake on track for production in early 2013

When Detour Gold’s (DGC-T) gold project in northern Ontario moves into production in the first quarter of next year — and eventually reaches an average production rate of 657,000 oz. gold a year, for a total of 14.1 million oz. over…


Drilling at Martiniere boosts Balmoral

Shares of Balmoral Resources(BAR-V, BALMF-O) surged nearly 40% in the three trading days after the junior explorer reported results on Aug. 16 from its summer drill program at its flagship Martiniere property in Quebec’s Abitibi region,…



Blackwater PEA drives New Gold higher

A preliminary economic assessment of New Gold’s (NGD-T) Blackwater gold project in central British Columbia 112 km southwest of Vanderhoof suggests the project should generate robust economic returns even at a gold price that is…



Brigus piles on the ounces in latest resource update

Brigus Gold (BRD-T) has updated its resource estimate for the Grey Fox gold property and the results show the company is particularly adept at pushing  inferred resources up into a ballooning indicated category. Grey Fox is 4…


Ivanhoe Australia beefs up Osborne

In late February Ivanhoe Australia (IVA-T, IVA-A) started production ahead of schedule and on budget at its Osborne copper-gold project in northwestern Queensland. The initial shipment of copper-gold concentrate to Asian smelters left port in…



Alpha faces lower credit rating after closing 8 mines

Alpha Natural Resources (ANR-N) may have its credit ratings cut by Standard & Poor’s after it said it will curtail production and close eight of its U.S. coal mines to stay profitable in the low price environment.




Queensland’s new coal royalties upset miners

Australia’s biggest miners say the Queensland government’s move to hike royalties on coal operations will cause more job losses and project cancellations in the troubled sector.


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