DOING SOME DIGGING – Reviewing the Fraser Institute’s Rankings
How to rank mining countries in terms of relative competitiveness has been an important issue of the mineral econom...
Canadian Mining Journal Staff
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PLATINUM EXPLORATION – High Grades Cut at Ferguson Lake
NUNAVUT - Drill core from the footwall at the Ferguson Lake nickel/copper/cobalt/platinum/palladium project has ret...
MINING PEOPLE IN THE NEWS Stornoway, Schneider Electric, Gemcom, Golden Goose, McWatters
STORNOWAY DIAMOND has named Anthony (Tony) Walsh and Jeff Stibbard to its board of directors. Stibbard is a consult...
ELECTRIC DISTRIBUTION CONTROL Chuquicamata Mine Chooses Foxboro SCADA
CHILE DIVISION NORTE of CODELCO, the Chilean national copper mining company, has awarded INVENSYS SYSTEMS CHILE a...
WEIGHING SYSTEMS – Wireless Tension Link Adds Versatility
SASKATOON - For versatility in weighing applications, the MASSLOAD TECHNOLOGIES wireless tension link weighing syst...
DIAMOND CORE BITS – AlphaBit Line Grows Longer
SALT LAKE CITY - The latest addition to BOART LONGYEAR's AlphaBit line of impregnated diamond bits combines superio...
CORPORATE MANOEUVRING – Wheaton Assembles $300M Net Egg
VANCOUVER - WHEATON RIVER MINERALS has entered into a US$300-million acquisition facility, which it may draw down o...
SAFETY MILESTONE No Lost Time in 5 Million Hours
ALBERTA - SYNCRUDE CANADA has reached the safety milestone mark of 5 million hours with no recordable lost time inj...
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW – Nunavut Boards Wants More from Miramar
NUNAVUT - MIRAMAR MINING is compiling supplemental data required to support the submission of a new application to...
MINING PEOPLE IN THE NEWS Hillsborough, VVC Exploration, Strathmore Minerals
David Whittle, C.A has been named as CFO of HILLSBOROUGH RESOURCES LTD. Whittle replaces Scott Brunsdon, who resign...
BLASTHOLE DRILLING Bucyrus 49 Series Drill Heading to Norway
NORWAY BUCYRUS INTERNATIONAL, INC. has sold a 49HR rotary blasthole drill to Titania A/S. The 49HR is the latest...
COAL MARKETING Pine Valley Announces Initial Sales
VANCOUVER, BC PINE VALLEY MINING CORP. has concluded sales negotiations for the sale of 435,000 tonnes of its pul...
Kenorland reports major gold resource at Frotet, backs 4% royalty
Kenorland Minerals (TSXV: KLD; US-OTCQX: KLDCF) unveiled an inaugural inferred mineral resource for the Regnault gold deposit at the Frotet project in […]