Articles by Northern Miner Staff

SouthGobi Resources inks alliance with Winsway Coking Coal

Shares of SouthGobi Resources (SGQ-T, 1878-SEHK) leapt $1.82 or 15.04% to $13.92 apiece by early afternoon in Toronto on news the company had signed a five-year strategic alliance to sell at least two million tonnes of coal a year to Winsway…


At the Agsao shaft at Medusa Mining's Co-O gold mine in southeastern Mindanao, the Philippines.

Medusa to build a new plant at Co-O mine

Debt-free and unhedged gold producer Medusa Mining (MLL-T, MML-L, MML-A) will use US$80 million from its cash flow to build a new treatment plant and expand its Co-O gold mine in southeastern Mindanao…


Corex gains on Santana results

VANCOUVER — Corex Gold (CGE-V) added 20% to its share price after another set of drill results from the Santana project in Mexico’s Sonora state expanded the Nicho gold-oxide zone.


Pershimco revives Panamanian project

VANCOUVER — Just two months after buying the Cerro Quema gold project in Panama, Pershimco Resources (PRO-V) is pulling long gold intercepts from the site as it works to twin historic holes and colla…


Russia and gold

In a scenario long plotted out by gold bugs, there was another geopolitical shift in the use of the U.S. dollar and gold as financial instruments over the week.


At the Willet Green Miller Centre in Sudbury, from left: Dominic Giroux, Centre for Excellence in Mining Innovation (CEMI) board member and president of Laurentian University; Fred Delabbio, Rio Tinto's general manager of underground mining innovation and CEMI board member; Peter Kaiser, CEMI president and CEO; Rick Bartolucci member of provincial parliament for Sudbury; and John Rodriguez, mayor of Sudbury.

Rio Tinto to create Sudbury research centre

Rio Tinto (RIO-N, RIO-L, RIO-A) has announced it will establish the Rio Tinto Centre for Underground Mine Construction at the Centre for Excellence in Mining Innovation (CEMI) in Sudbury, Ont. The min…


Inmet contracts SNC-Lavalin for Cobre Panama

Inmet Mining (IMN-T) has awarded a contract to Joint Venture Panama (JVP), a joint venture held 70% by SNC-Lavalin Group (SNC-T), to provide basic engineering for the Cobre Panama copper-gold project …


Orbit Garant buys Advantage Control Technologies

Orbit Garant Drilling (OGD-T) has acquired Advantage Control Technologies (ACT). As part of the transaction, Orbit Garant will buy specialized technologies and equipment, while also expanding its oper…


TORONTO STOCK EXCHANGE -Novenber 22-26

The TSX composite index was off 39 points to 12,892 points for the Nov. 22-26 trading period despite solid data on retail spending and signs of inflation. Along with such bullish indicators came incre…


TSX VENTURE EXCHANGE -November 22-26

The last full week of November saw the S&P-TSX Venture composite index bounce back above the 2,000-point threshold after slipping below it the week before. The index ended up 61.13 points at 2,057…


U.S. MARKETS -November 22-26

The Dow Jones industrial average fell 111.55 points or 1% to finish at 11,092.00, while the S&P 500 index slipped 10.33 points to 1,189.40. Nasdaq added 16.44 points to reach 2,534.56. The Philade…



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