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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

PROCESSING: Rexnord introduces new Falk Targeted Life gear sets

MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN – Rexnord introduces its newest product offering, Falk® Targeted Life™ gear sets, engineered for applications when the life of a mill or mine site is expected to be less than 25 years. The...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | October 17, 2013 | 4:18 pm

Agnico gears up La India for production

The following article is reprinted with permission from CMJ’s sister publication The Northern Miner.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | October 17, 2013 | 4:15 pm

COMMENT: Mining slowdown hits territorial economies

The Conference Board of Canada has taken a good look at the numbers and following Canada's North Summit 2013 in Whitehorse, YT, issued a press release stating the obvious: "Slowdown in mining sector holds back economies of Canada's territories...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | October 16, 2013 | 4:17 pm

SILVER-BASE METALS: Bolivia gives nod to Apogee’s Pulacayo

BOLIVIA- Apogee Silver of Toronto has received approval of the environmental impact assessment from the Bolivian government for its Pulacayo silver and base metals project in the southeastern part of the country. Receipt of the approval is a...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | October 16, 2013 | 4:15 pm

LEVEL CONTROLS: New tilt level controls address dry bulk materials

CROSWELL, MICHIGAN – Conveyor Components Company, a division of Material Control, has introduced a new generation of tilt level controls designed for dry bulk material level indication and control applications. These new UL listed control...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | October 16, 2013 | 4:12 pm

Frank Holmes: The backdrop for gold hasn’t changed

Mining Markets spoke with Frank Holmes, CEO and chief investment officer of US Global Investors late last week about the prospects for gold, which started out the year around US$1,700 per oz and was at US$1,282.80 on Tuesday afternoon.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | October 16, 2013 | 4:10 pm

DIAMONDS: Dominion recovers 2.4M carats from Diavik, Ekati in Q3

NORTHWEST TERRITORIES – Dominion Diamond Corp. of Toronto says quarterly results are strong from both the Diavik and Ekati diamond mines near Lac de Gras. Together the mines produced 2.4 million ct of diamonds during in the third calendar...

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

NICKEL-IRON: Ferronickel produced from Decar awaruite concentrate

BRITISH COLUMBIA – Vancouver-based First Point Minerals Corp. says lab scale tests have successfully produced high grade ferronickel from awaruite (nickel-iron alloy) concentrate from the company's 40% owned Decar project. The property,...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | October 15, 2013 | 4:04 pm

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