Special to The Northern MinerThe nickel industry reached an evolutionary milestone recently when the Cawse mine in Western Australia became the first of a new generation of low-cost laterite deposits …
Junior Lewis Brooks Resources (LBRL-C) has begun drilling at the Lewis Brook base metal property in New Brunswick.The program, to consist of four or five holes over 600 metres, will test areas where g…
International Skyline Gold (SK-V) has backed away from its attempts to establish a link between the Snip mine of Homestake Mining (HM-N) and its own High claims. The properties are in northern British…
Trojan Ventures (TJV-V) has changed its name to Alcanta International (AOE-V) on a 1-new-for-5-old-share basis.
Three developments in the niche niobium-mining industry could significantly boost world supplies of the metal in coming years.In Canada, equal partners Teck (TEK-T) and Cambior (CBJ-T) are preparing a…
The following is the first of a 2-part overview of how junior and mid-tier gold mining companies are coping in today’s low-price environment.Not since the gold bubble of the early 1980s has the London…
It has always been the lot of mining towns to watch ore reserves decline and hope some new feed will come along. When a mining town has been around as long as Flin Flon, that feeling will have come ar…
Toronto-based consulting firm Hatch has been retained by Queensland Nickel to improve the performance of its Yabulu refinery in Australia.The 25-year-old refinery currently produces 30,000 tons nickel…
Zinc and copper minerals are the focus of a drill program under way at the Lady Pond property, near Springdale, Nfld.Canaco Resources (CSE-M) is testing two parallel, 800-metre-long conductors that we…
Startup: TanzaniaBarrick’s wholly owned subsidiary, Kahama Mining Corporation Limited (KMCL), is currently recruiting qualified individuals for their operations in Tanzania, where conventional undergr…
Nord Resources (NRD-N) has picked up the past-producing Johnson Camp copper mine in southeastern Arizona at a time when the price of the red metal is at a 10-year low.The company issued 1.6 million sh…
London-based Billiton International has expanded its Newfoundland exploration portfolio by inking a deal with Rubicon Minerals (RMX-V) to acquire either the Point Leamington or Lewis Lake properties.O…
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