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DATA COLLECTION: Micromine automates data collection at Diavik

VANCOUVER – Micromine has completed stage one of the Pitram automated data collection project at the Diavik underground diamond mine at Lac de Gras.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | July 17, 2013 | 4:05 pm

BOOM FEEDER: Samson launches new tracked version of Stormajor

NETHERLANDS – In 2013 Samson Materials Handling launched a new, tracked version of its Stormajor®, the BF40415T boom feeder. It offers proven high performance and reliability with unrivalled maneuverability. This concept delivers a...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | July 17, 2013 | 4:02 pm

Teck and Copper Fox partner up on Schaft Creek

VANCOUVER – Teck Resources (TSX: TCK.B; NYSE:TCK) has a thing for Schaft Creek.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | July 17, 2013 | 3:58 pm

COMMENT: Development gets the axe

At the end of last month there was a spate of layoffs at mines around the world. Companies large and small were shedding payroll in response to soft commodity prices.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | July 16, 2013 | 3:44 pm

COAL: Federal government gives nod to Donkin project

NOVA SCOTIA – Just before this week's cabinet shuffle, former Minister of the Environment Peter Kent signed off on the Donkin coking coal project in Cape Breton. The official word is that "the project, taking into account the mitigation...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | July 16, 2013 | 3:37 pm

DIAMONDS: Renard permits received, construction to begin

QUEBEC – Montreal's Stornoway Diamond Corp. is in receipt of all the major Quebec and federal government authorizations required to begin construction at the Renard diamond project this fall. The final permission was given by the Canadian...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | July 16, 2013 | 3:35 pm

COAL: Fortune begins summer program at Arctos

BRITISH COLUMBIA – Fortune Minerals (80%) of London, ON, and POSCO Canada (20%) have begun the environmental assessment of their Arctos anthracite coal project 150 km northeast of Stewart. The final EA is expected to be filed in 2014 with...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | July 16, 2013 | 3:31 pm

129 metres of 1.29% copper for Panoro at Cotabambas

VANCOUVER – A long copper-gold intercept suggests the Ccalla deposit has more mineralization to offer for Panoro Minerals (TSXV: PML) as the company gets set to update the resource estimate at its Cotabambas project in Peru.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | July 16, 2013 | 3:25 pm

GOLD: SAS provides update on Taylor project

ONTARIO – St Andrew Goldfields (SAS) of Toronto continues to advance its Taylor gold project 53 km east of Timmins with the extraction of a 15,000-tonne bulk sample last year. The material was taken from the 1008 lens in the upper part of...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | July 15, 2013 | 4:11 pm

TUNGSTEN: Burnt Hill resources grow with update

NEW BRUNSWICK – The latest updated resource estimate "significantly increases" resources at the Burnt Hill tungsten-molybdenum-tin project owned 51% by Cadillac Ventures of Toronto and 49% by Noront Resources. The property is located 60...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | July 15, 2013 | 4:09 pm

NICKEL-COPPER: North American Nickel locks up more ground in Greenland

GREENLAND – The Greenland bureau of minerals and petroleum has approved the application from North American Nickel of Vancouver to expand the area covered under its exploration licence by 123 km2. The company's licence for the Maniitsoq...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | July 15, 2013 | 4:07 pm

RISK MANAGEMENT: Mining sector does not have to go it alone

The dramatic changes that have impacted the mining sector over the past several years, including high commodity prices, high demand for power and processing equipment, falling industrial demand for raw material, limited access to capital and...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | July 15, 2013 | 4:05 pm

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