GOLD EXPLORATION NEWS Aggressive Field Program Planned for Meadowbank BAKER LAKE, Nun. The Meadowbank gold property is the target of a two-phase, 14,000-m drill program to begin in Ap... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | February 5, 2003 | 4:53 pm
GOLD EXPLORATION NEWS Share of Meliadine West Hot Property RANKIN INLET, Nun. Since WMC INTERNATIONAL decided to get out of the gold business, selling its 56% share of the... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | February 5, 2003 | 4:52 pm
PORPHYRY EXPLORATION NEWS Rio Tinto Active in Turkey TUNCELI, Turkey RIO TINTO MINING & EXPLORATION and partner ANATOLIA MINERALS DEVELOPMENT are continuing to search... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | February 5, 2003 | 4:51 pm
GOLD DEVELOPMENT NEWS Rosebel Gold Mine Construction Begins SURINAM Construction has officially begun on the Rosebel gold mine in north-central Suriname. Owner CAMBIOR expec... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | February 5, 2003 | 4:50 pm
GOLD DEVELOPMENT NEWS Ivanhoe Studies Development in Myanmar MYANMAR Underground development and core drilling is underway at IVANHOE MINES' Modi Taung gold project in the ce... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | February 5, 2003 | 4:50 pm
NICKEL-COBALT PROCESSING NEWS Chesbar Studies Samples from Guatemala GUATEMALA CHESBAR RESOURCES has commissioned more studies of the samples from its Sechol laterite nickel-cobalt p... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | February 5, 2003 | 4:49 pm
GOLD PRODUCER NEWS Kinross Joins Ranks of Seniors TORONTO KINROSS GOLD CORP. now considers itself one of North America's senior gold producers. Annualized gold pro... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | February 5, 2003 | 4:48 pm
ALUMINUM PRODUCER NEWS Alcan Adds 420 Jobs in Quebec SAGUENAY-LAC-SAINT-JEAN, Que. Up to 420 new jobs will be created in Northern Quebec by ALCAN INC. Alcan's initiat... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | February 5, 2003 | 4:47 pm
SUPPLIER NEWS SNC-Lavalin Acquires Oil & Gas Expertise SNC-LAVALIN has acquired GDS ENGINEERS, a Texas-based firm of 500 employees. GDS provides services to the refining,... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | February 5, 2003 | 4:46 pm
COAL MINING EQUIPMENT NEWS CMTE Gives Nod to Contest Winners BRISBANE, Australia The CO-OPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRE FOR MINING TECHNOLOGY AND EQUIPMENT (CMTE) has named the Ree... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | February 5, 2003 | 4:45 pm
MINING PEOPLE IN THE NEWS (February 05, 2003) Peter C. Jones, president and COO of INCO LTD. has been elected to its board of directors. Jones has been with Inco... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | February 5, 2003 | 4:43 pm
DOING SOME DIGGING Around Cobalt, Ont. Hooray for the Royal Canadian Mint! It has struck a 2003 Proof Silver Dollar coin commemorating the discovery of si... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | January 29, 2003 | 4:43 pm