EXPLORATION NEWS Underground Work Begins at Casa Berardi AURIZON MINES has raised $7 million from the sale of flow-through shares and has earmarked the money for an undergr... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | December 23, 2002 | 11:59 am
MINING NEWS Morila Gold Mine Pours Millionth Ounce On Dec. 10 the Morila mine in Mali poured its millionth ounce of gold this year, gaining membership in a very exclu... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | December 23, 2002 | 11:58 am
SMELTING NEWS Alcoa to Spend $1B at Baie-Comeau Smelter ALCOA has announced a $1-billion modernization of its aluminum smelter in Baie-Comeau, Que. The investment will kee... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | December 23, 2002 | 11:57 am
DEVELOPMENT NEWS Manhattan Closer to Production in Peru A positive environmental impact study (EIS) of the Tambogrande TG-1 project in northern Peru has been delivered by... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | December 23, 2002 | 11:56 am
COMPANY NEWS Sherritt-Fording War of Words Heats Up FORDING has condemned as "inadequate, self-serving and inferior" the latest $35-per-share offer from the... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | December 23, 2002 | 11:55 am
COMPANY NEWS OntZinc Buys Scotia Base Metal Mine ONTZINC CORPORATION of Toronto now owns 100% of the Scotia base metal mine, 50 km south of Halifax, N.S. The compan... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | December 23, 2002 | 11:54 am
EQUIPMENT & SUPPLIES ABB Technical Report Highlights ABB GROUP has issued a new Technology Report providing leading-edge technology, Industrial-IT integration, for the... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | December 23, 2002 | 11:53 am
PEOPLE NEWS (December 23, 2002) Danielle Wetherup, President and Master of the ROYAL CANADIAN MINT, has retired after eight years in the position. Canadian Mining Journal Staff | December 23, 2002 | 11:52 am
DOING SOME DIGGING A Lump of Coal The battle continues to rage between FORDING and SHERRITT over who will control Canada's second largest coal produc... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | December 18, 2002 | 4:43 pm
EXPLORATION NEWS Tulsequah Awarded Project Approval Certificate The Province of British Columbia has granted a Project Approval Certificate for the Tulsequah gold-silver-copper-zi... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | December 18, 2002 | 4:42 pm
EXPLORATION NEWS Russia Beckons to High River Gold HIGH RIVER GOLD MINES of Toronto has acquired a 100% interest in the Berezitovoya project in southern Siberia, Russ... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | December 18, 2002 | 4:41 pm
EXPLORATION NEWS $5.3-Million Program Set for PGE Targets near Sudbury ANGLO AMERICAN PLATINUM and PACIFIC NORTH WEST CAPITAL have approved the $5.3-million Phase VI drill program on the... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | December 18, 2002 | 4:41 pm
DEVEOPMENT NEWS East Amphi Positively Golden McWATTERS MINING of Montreal is the proud owner of a positive feasibility study for its East Amphi underground gold... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | December 18, 2002 | 4:40 pm
DEVELOPMENT NEWS Tiomin Gets Lease for Mineral Sands in Kenya TIOMIN RESOURCES began exploring Kenya for titanium-bearing deposits in 1995. Now, with four deposits identified, t... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | December 18, 2002 | 4:39 pm