Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Junior Maufort Resources (ME) has a new president following the recent resignation of the company’s board of directors. Paul Billette has replaced Maurice Fortin in the president’s chair. A couple of …

Plenty River Mining, an Australian company, has terminated its option to earn a 50% interest in the Kramer Hills gold deposit from Beaver Resources (TSE). Situated in California, Kramer Hill hosts res…

A positive feasibility study has been received by Societe d’Exploration Miniere Mazarin (ME) for its Lac Knife graphite project near Fermont, Que., and the Labrador border. The project, to operate at …

Inco Ltd. (TSE) has signed a joint venture agreement with Molopo Australia to explore Molopo’s platinum concessions in Botswana, Africa. Under the terms of the deal, Inco will fund the first year’s ex…

Northern lead-zinc producer Pine Point Mines (TSE) reported earnings of $74.3 million or $16.02 per share for the nine months ended Sept 30. This compares to $43.9 million or $9.47 per share in the pr…

A new smelter featuring continuous copper processing technology is being planned for Texas by Mitsubishi Metal. The smelter, with the capacity to produce 200,000 tonnes per year, is on the drawing boa…

Hisway Mining Corp. has merged with Hisway Resources Corp. (HIS:VSE) under the latter name. Hisway Mining shareholders receive one new share for two old shares; Hisway Resources shareholders receive o…

Recently raising $3.5 million in two separate private placements was Nova-Cogesco Resources (TSE). One placement, which raised $1 million, was completed with Aur Resources (TSE) which purchased flow-t…

In the declining years of an orebody, it is tempting to starve the mine as early as possible of capital improvements and thus “maximize,” “optimize” and otherwise milk the mine’s cash flow. But the to…

In the coming decade, senior operations people will have to mine and mill more product at less cost and do so without additional harm to the environment. No surprise there for operating personnel. The…

Trackless haulage is as ancient as mining itself. The original trackless hauler was that infamous biped known as man. More recently, diesel-powered, rubber-tired haulers have satisfied the need for mo…

Everyone involved with mining in Canada is well aware of the importance of improving productivity and lowering costs in order to preserve our international competitiveness. One way to achieve this is …