Canadian Mining Journal Staff

AWARD: Keltie Craig of Golder takes home planning honours

CALGARY - The Canadian Institute of Planners (CIP) has presented Keltie Craig of Golder Associates with the 2012 President’s Award for Young Planners. Craig was chosen as this year's recipient because of her vision, leadership and...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | October 30, 2012 | 4:59 pm

GROUND CONTROL: New system of tensionable cable bolts from Minova

GERMANY – Ground control is paramount in mining and bolting is key. Minova’s patented new Tensionable Cable Bolt (TCB) system offers a reliable anchoring solution for the most challenging geologies. With the cylinder’s nut and...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | October 30, 2012 | 4:58 pm

DRILLING: Atlas Copco offers third edition of blasthole reference

GARLAND, Texas - Atlas Copco has released the latest addition to the reference book “Blasthole Drilling in Open Pit Mining.” The third edition was written to provide comprehensive reference on the use of rotary drills in surface...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | October 30, 2012 | 4:57 pm

Northland gets its engines started

Northland Resources has been given the green light to get the big trucks rolling and that should mean that Sweden’s next iron mine is only weeks away from entering production.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | October 30, 2012 | 4:56 pm

PERSPECTIVE: AEMQ calls on Quebec to play by the rules

Concern is mounting within the industry as the Quebec government mulls a ban on uranium exploration. This news is creating uncertainty in Quebec’s mining industry, particularly with respect to Strateco Resources’ Matoush project in...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | October 29, 2012 | 5:00 pm

COPPER-GOLD MINING: Ming project declared in commercial production this week

NEWFOUNDLAND – Rambler Metals and Mining of Surrey, UK, is officially declaring commercial production on Nov. 1, 2012, at its Ming copper-gold mine on the Baie Verte Peninsula. The operation reached production at 85% of designed milling...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | October 29, 2012 | 4:59 pm

GRAPHITE STUDY: Lac Knife PEA unveiled

QUEBEC – Ottawa-based Focus Graphite has released the preliminary economic assessment for its Lac Knife project near Fermont. The PEA was prepared by Roscoe Postle Associates and Soutex Inc.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | October 29, 2012 | 4:58 pm

NICKEL RESOURCE: All numbers updated at Bucko Lake

MANITOBA – CaNickel Mining of Vancouver announced the results of an updated 43-101 report late last week for its Bucko Lake nickel mine and satellite properties. The project is located at Wabowden, in the Thompson Nickel Belt.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | October 29, 2012 | 4:57 pm

50TH ANNIVERSARY: Redpath celebrates half-century

The Ontario Mining Association is pleased to congratulate member JS Redpath on reaching its 50th company birthday on Oct 26, 2012. Recently, a gala event to acknowledge this milestone was held at Memorial Gardens in North Bay, which attracted...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | October 29, 2012 | 4:56 pm

Inmet, Petaquilla continue to play tug of war

VANCOUVER — In what is becoming an increasingly frosty situation, Vancouver-based companies Inmet Mining and Petaquilla Minerals continue to squabble over a potential takeover bid that would see the larger Inmet absorb its Panamanian...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | October 29, 2012 | 4:55 pm

MINERAL PROCESSING: Rare earth concentrate, yellowcake produced in bench scale tests

ONTARIO – Toronto-based Pele Mountain Resources says that recent bench scale testing of material from its Eco Ridge project in Elliot Lake has successfully produced both a rare earth carbonate concentrate and yellowcake (U3O8). The tests...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | October 24, 2012 | 4:59 pm

IRON ORE MINING: New Millennium to boost DSO output to 6 million t/y

QUEBEC – Production has just gotten underway at the DSO project near Schefferville, and already plans are being made to boost production to 6 million t/y in 2015. The project is a joint venture of New Millennium Iron Ore of Calgary (20%)...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | October 24, 2012 | 4:58 pm

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