Canadian Mining Journal Staff, Author at Canadian Mining Journal

COMMENT: Cliffs threatens pull out of Ring of Fire

I can hear it now: "I told you so" from nationalists who believe nothing good ever comes from letting a foreign corporation take over a Canadian miner or junior. After all, it seems as soon as Vale bought Inco, a year long strike began...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | October 22, 2013 | 4:16 pm

DIAMONDS: Federal government okays Gahcho Kue development

NORTHWEST TERRITORIES – De Beers Canada (51%) and Mountain Province Diamonds (49%) have received approval for their Gahcho Kué diamond mine from the Minister of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada. Approval was...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | October 22, 2013 | 4:14 pm

GOLD: New Gold completes expansion ahead of schedule

BRITISH COLUMBIA – Vancouver-based New Gold has completed the expansion of its New Afton project to 12,000 t/d from the design capacity of 11,000 t/d three months ahead of schedule. The increased rate, higher grades and better recoveries...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | October 22, 2013 | 4:13 pm

CASES: New from Pelican, HardBack protection for iPad

EDMONTON – Some in the media are calling 2013 the Year of the Tablet. With that in mind, Pelican Products has introduced the Pelican ProGear™ i1065 HardBack™ case to offer an extremely rugged, yet versatile case to protect and...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | October 22, 2013 | 4:11 pm

Uranium Energy signs US$7.1M financing

U.S.-based uranium miner and explorer Uranium Energy (NYSE-MKT: UEC) recently lined up a US$7.1 million financing to support the growth of its South Texas exploration projects, mainly the Burke Hollow in situ recovery property in Bee County.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | October 22, 2013 | 4:09 pm

COMMENT: Free trade with Europe a boon to metal miners

At times it seemed an impossible mission. Nit-picking and compromise more than once threatened to derail a free trade agreement between Canada and the European Union (EU). Finally on Oct. 18, 2013, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | October 21, 2013 | 3:57 pm

PALLADIUM: Shaft hoisting begins at Lac des Iles

ONTARIO – North American Palladium (NAP) of Toronto has begun hoisting material through the new shaft at its Lac des Iles palladium mine 85 km northwest of Thunder Bay. The new shaft is 6 metres in diameter, concrete lined and 825 metres...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | October 21, 2013 | 3:56 pm

DIAMONDS: Stornoway chooses LNG power plant for Renard mine

QUEBEC – Stornoway Diamond Corp. of Montreal has crunched the numbers and decided to build a liquefied natural gas (LNG) fuelled power plant for the Renard diamond mine in the Otish Mountains. A feasibility study for the power plant done...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | October 21, 2013 | 3:53 pm

AWARD: Cummins Westport given SAFE energy prize

VANCOUVER – Cummins Westport Inc. is receiving one of the inaugural "Energy Security Prize" Advanced Technology Awards from Securing America's Future Energy (SAFE). The award will be presented at the OPEC Oil Embargo +40: A National...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | October 21, 2013 | 3:52 pm

Thundermin and Rambler team up on Little Deer in Newfoundland

Thundermin Resources (TSX: THR) and Rambler Metals and Mining (TSXV: RAB; LSE-AIM: RMM) hope to bring Rambler’s expertise in bringing the past-producing Ming copper-gold mine back into commercial production in northeastern Newfoundland to...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | October 21, 2013 | 3:50 pm

GOLD: Richmont declares W zone to be in commercial production

QUEBEC – Richmont Mines of Montreal says the W zone gold project has completed three months of pre-production and that commercial production was declared on Oct. 1, 2013. The mine is accessible via ramp from the company's Beaufor mine, 25...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | October 17, 2013 | 4:25 pm

URANIUM: Patterson Lake South returns 15.63% U3O8 over 14 metres

SASKATCHEWAN – The Patterson Lake South uranium property in the Athabasca Basin continues to return excellent results for partners Fission Uranium Corp. of Kelowna, BC, and Alpha Minerals of Vancouver. With 43 metres at 6.93% U3O8...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | October 17, 2013 | 4:24 pm

GOLD: Brigus drills long (27 metres) and strong (40 g/t) at Black Fox

ONTARIO – Brigus Gold Corp. of Halifax has drilled the deepest mineralization to date at the Black Fox mine 3 km east of Matheson. The company reports that hole GF 454-01-W interested 40.71 g/t Au over 26.75 metres, including 103.20 g/t...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | October 17, 2013 | 4:21 pm

BRIDGES: AIL offers all season versions for vehicles and people

When The City of Kawartha Lakes, ON, needed a fast replacement bridge on Creek View Road, they went with a pre-engineered and prefabricated Big R Bridge. They had heard that Big R Bridges were strong and fast. Just how fast, they’d soon...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | October 17, 2013 | 4:19 pm

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