North of 60 Mining News - The mining newspaper for Alaska and Canada's North

Tahera Diamond Corp. Dec. 15 said it got court approval to cease operations at the Jericho Mine in Nunavut on Dec. 13.

The Department of Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, meanwhile, intervened under territorial law and intends to retain Tahera's former employees to conduct ongoing care and maintenance of the defunct diamond mine.

Toronto-based Tahera said the shutdown and government takeover...