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URANIUM EXPLORATION – Kianna deposit tops 27% U3O8
SASKATCHEWAN – Vancouver-based UEX CORPORATION reports very high-grade assays from the drill program at the Shea Cr…
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NET NIT – From the PwC survey: Awakening Giants
(The following is an extract from the recent PricewaterhouseCoopers global mining survey “Mine: Let the Good Times …
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DOING SOME DIGGING – Land claims resemble mud-slinging
Discussion and compromise are recognized qualities of the Canadian psyche. But when it comes to settling land claim…
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MINING PEOPLE IN THE NEWS – Glencairn, Buffalo Gold, Minco, Northwestern
Toronto’s GLENCAIRN GOLD has named Peter Tagliamonte its new president and CEO. He replaces Kerry Knoll who becomes…
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LIMS UPDATE – Thermo re-engineers its SampleManager
PHILADELPHIA – THERMO ELECTRON CORP. has re-engineered its SampleManager laboratory information management system (…
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HEALTH & SAFETY – One dead at shaft sinking project
ONTARIO – On May 25 an employee of DYNATEC CORP. was killed at the Podolsky shaft sinking project northeast of Sudb…
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NOXIOUS ODOUR – Syncrude shuts down new coker
ALBERTA – Almost as soon as SYNCRUDE started up its Stage 3 expansion north of Fort McMurray, it was forced to shut…
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ENVIRONMENTAL SPILL – Miramar charged for 2004 incident
NUNAVUT – ENVIRONMENT CANADA has charged MIRAMAR MINING of Vancouver and four related companies with allegedly spil…
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NICKEL PRODUCTION – PT Inco cuts 1M lb/week after fire
INDONESIA – A transformer room fire at its No.2 furnace has forced PT INTERNATIONAL NICKEL INDONESIA to cut nickel …
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MERGER MANIA – Small companies join forces
In all the clamour and stick-waving that accompanies the Inco-Falconbridge, Teck Cominco-Inco and Xstrata-Falconbri…
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GEOTECHNICAL APPLICATION – SGS rolls out QMine
LAKEFIELD, Ontario – SGS MINERALS SERVICES has successfully initiated its QMine application that allows SGS client…
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GRAPHIC TERMINAL – New Magelis model from Schneider
TORONTO – SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC now offers a new Telemecanique Magelis XBT GT graphic terminal for mining, conveying,…