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GIVING: BC’s mining community raises more than $1.5 million for BC Children’s Hospital

VANCOUVER – Mining for Miracles, BC's mining community's longstanding fundraising campaign for BC Children's Hospital, revealed a cheque for $1,511,214 at BC Children's Hospital Foundation's 27th annual Miracle Weekend on June 1.Mining...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | June 3, 2014 | 4:01 pm

Peak diamonds on the horizon?

The fracking boom in North America may have made 'peak oil' somewhat of a dated phrase but could 'peak diamonds' take its place as the new catch phrase for resource investors?

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | June 3, 2014 | 4:00 pm

COMMENT: KWG wades into Ontario election

We have many times in the past seen the mining industry's efforts to sway public opinion. Usually this has to do with improving the industry's image; attempting to make city dwellers aware of how much mining contributes to this country's...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | June 2, 2014 | 4:18 pm

NICKEL: Royal Nickel awards Dumont engineering contract

QUEBEC – Toronto's Royal Nickel Corp. has awarded the detailed engineering contract for the Dumont nickel project 25 km west of Amos, in the Abitibi Mining Camp. The contract went to Ausenco Limited, a global, diversified engineering and...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | June 2, 2014 | 4:15 pm

GOLD: Centerra considers closing Kumtor mine

KYRGYZSTAN – Centerra Gold of Toronto has said it may have to close the Kumtor gold mine because the Kyrgyz authorities have not yet approved the 2014 Kumtor mine plan and related permits. The company says it will begin an orderly...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | June 2, 2014 | 4:13 pm

Teck pursues growth in Alberta oil sands

The Fort Hills oil sands project remains Teck Resources’ (TSX: TCK.B; NYSE: TCK) main growth project, Andrew Golding, the company’s senior vice president of corporate development, said during the 2014 Global Metals, Mining and Steel...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | June 2, 2014 | 4:12 pm

GOLD: Pascua-Lama deal hailed as “historic”

Toronto's Barrick Gold has come to an initial agreement with 13 of the 18 indigenous Diaguita communities that have vigorously opposed development of the Pascua-Lama gold project on the Chile-Argentina border, according to the lawyer...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | May 29, 2014 | 3:57 pm

COPPER-GOLD: A cleaner footprint for the Ajax mine

BRITISH COLUMBIA – KGHM Ajax Mining, a joint venture of Abacus Mining and Exploration (20%) and KGHM Polska Miedz (80%), has modified the site plan for the Ajax copper-gold project, reducing the footprint of the mine and mill. The smaller...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | May 29, 2014 | 3:54 pm

GOLD-TUNGSTEN: Process developed for Mega’s Monument Bay ore

MANITOBA – Mega Precious Metals of Thunder Bay has been seeking a metallurgical process that will recover gold and by-product tungsten from the ore of the Twin Lakes deposit at its Monument Bay property between Thompson and Winnipeg. Just...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | May 29, 2014 | 3:52 pm

Joelle Glasroth joins CMJ

Canadian Mining Journal is pleased to announce the appointment of Joelle Glasroth to the position of sales representative for Quebec, Western Canada and the US. She has spent 10 years with Business Information Group (B.I.G.), Canadian Mining...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | May 29, 2014 | 3:50 pm

MINING PEOPLE: Alderon, Callinex, Kirkland Lake Gold, and Rio Tinto

Alderon Iron Ore Corp. of Vancouver has named Ian R. Ashby, former president iron ore of BHP Billiton, and W. Adrian Loader, former president and CEO of Shell Canada, to its board of directors effective immediately.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | May 29, 2014 | 3:48 pm

Koch brothers gear up for Canadian oil sands development

VANCOUVER — U.S. billionaire industrialists the Koch brothers garnered headlines when it was revealed the group's Canadian oil arm was the largest foreign stakeholder in the Alberta oil sands, with registered holdings of at least 4,451...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | May 29, 2014 | 3:46 pm

COMMENT: Riots at Goro cause $30M in damage

It appears that Vale SA has run into a spot of trouble at the Goro laterite nickel mine in New Caledonia. Turns out it was a rather large spot that will take $30 million to repair.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | May 28, 2014 | 4:48 pm

GOLD-COPPER: Discovery declares WillMAX PEA “positive”

BRITISH COLUMBIA – Vancouver's Discovery Ventures is looking hopefully at the preliminary economic assessment that it completed for its WillMAX gold-copper project and saying the economics are "robust". The study examined the potential to...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | May 28, 2014 | 4:46 pm

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