MINE DEVELOPMENT NEWS – Albian Oil Sands: Seven Projects at Once
As if juggling a $5-billion-plus budget wasn't enough, the owners of the Athabasca Oil Sands Project are also keepi...
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MINE DEVELOPMENT NEWS – Petro-Can Opens MacKay River Oil Sands Project
It's official: Petro-Canada's $290-million MacKay River steam-assisted gravity drainage (SAGD) oil sands facility i...
MINE DEVELOPMENT NEWS – Gabriel Moving Ahead in Romania
If there are vampires in Western Transylvania, Gabriel Resources isn't bothered by them. The company plans to put R...
MINE DEVELOPMENT NEWS – Hillsborough Acquires Alberta Coal Properties
Hillsborough Resources has acquired mining rights to coal properties near Grande Cache, Alta. Mining equipment was...
MINE DEVELOPMENT NEWS – Southern Star Buys into Gold Eagle Mine
Exall Resources and Southern Star Resources have signed an agreement allowing Southern Star to earn a 50% interest...
MINE SITE NEWS – Niobec Mine Reserves Grow by 21%
Reserves at the Niobec mine at St-Honor-de-Chicoutimi, Que., have been increased 21% during 2002. Proven and proba...
EQUIPMENT & SUPPLIERS – Shovels and Trucks Commissioned at Muskeg River
The world's largest mining truck, a Caterpillar 797B, and the first Bucyrus 495HF rope shovel were officially commi...
EQUIPMENT & SUPPLIERS – New Filter Division at N.R. Murphy
For almost 60 years, N.R. Murphy has been Canada's largest manufacturer of dust collection equipment. Now with the...
EQUIPMENT & SUPPLIERS – Gekko to Supply Russian Gold Plant
Gekko Systems (of Victoria, Australia, and Vancouver, B.C.) has won a US$600,000 contract to supply mineral process...
MINING PEOPLE (October 10, 2002)
Jim Peterson, the international sales manager for CUBEX LTD., has been named vice-chair of the WINNIPEG CHAMBER OF...
DOING SOME DIGGING (October 03, 2002)
Put on your thinking caps. In the new year we are launching a contest to determine the Best Mine Manager in Canada...
MINING MATTERS – Green Grow the Nickel Ores
If there is nickel in the soil, alyssum plants can collect it in recoverable amounts. The plants are cut and baled...
MINING MATTERS – Fording Is New Operator at Highvale Mine
Fording Inc. of Calgary has been awarded a five-year contract to operate both the Highvale and Whitewood coal mines...
MINING MATTERS – Pine Valley Coal Study Positive
A new coal producer may be on the horizon in British Columbia following the completion of the Pine Valley Coal feas...
Sponsored: Vista shifts Mount Todd from study to build
Sponsored: Vista Gold’s Mount Todd plan gets real Vista Gold CEO Fred Earnest (R) in conversation with The Northern Miner video host […]