Canadian Mining Journal Staff

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

SCREENER: New IROCK unit built for large, high tonnage operations

VALLEY VIEW, Ohio - IROCK Crushers now offers the TS-522 heavy duty screener. This screener, one in a line of five IROCK models, is suitable for medium- to large-scale operations and is ideal in applications such as recycling, sand and gravel,...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | October 24, 2012 | 4:57 pm

Queensland lifts ban on uranium mining

It has taken 23 years, but the state government of Queensland in Australia has finally overturned a ban on uranium mining. The prohibition on uranium processing and waste storage, however, remains in place.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | October 24, 2012 | 4:56 pm

NEW SCHOLARSHIP: MAC supports mining finance students

OTTAWA – The Mining Association of Canada (MAC) has launched a new scholarship available to Canadian university students interested in pursuing a career in mineral economics. MAC and its members established the Paul Stothart Memorial...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | October 23, 2012 | 5:00 pm

GOLD STUDY: Harte Gold adjusts Sugar zone PEA

ONTARIO – Harte Gold Corp. says the economics of its Sugar gold zone are considerably improved now that updates have been made to the preliminary economic assessment. As well, recently built roads improve access to the site 60 km east of...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | October 23, 2012 | 4:59 pm

GOLD RESOURCE: Upper Hallnor in-pit M&I reaches 776,000 oz

ONTARIO – Temex Resources has filed a resource estimate for its Upper Hallnor gold deposit on the Whitney property in the Timmins Area. Using an 030. g/t Au cut-off grade, the company figures there are 776,100 oz in the measured and...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | October 23, 2012 | 4:58 pm

MINERAL PROCESSING: Orbite to add gallium and scandium to HPA plant

QUEBEC - Orbite Aluminae of Montreal has reached an agreement with the firm M&K of St. Louis, MO, for the engineering and construction of a separation plant capable of producing gallium oxide at a purity of 99.99% and scandium oxide at a...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | October 23, 2012 | 4:57 pm

AWARD: BBA among best employers for third year in a row

MONTREAL - BBA has placed among the 50 Best Employers in Canada yet again this year. This marks the third consecutive time that the consulting engineering firm has received this distinction since it began participating in the survey in 2010.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | October 23, 2012 | 4:56 pm

Malaga plummets after stopping Pasto Bueno’s production

Malaga lost a third of its value after temporarily suspending production at its Pasto Bueno tungsten plant in Peru as it wrestled to keep down costs following a recent power outage at its underground operation.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | October 23, 2012 | 4:55 pm

ENDOWMENT: Goodman family invests in Laurentian University’s School of Mines

SUDBURY, Ontario – Ned Goodman, CEO of Dundee Corp., has made a most generous endowment to the Laurentian University School of Mines. Or rather his family foundation, JODAMADA, made the gift thought to be  upwards of $10 million. In...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | October 22, 2012 | 5:00 pm

NICKEL MINING: Lockerby rate tops 80% of plan

ONTARIO – First Nickel of Toronto says mining at its Lockerby project in Sudbury is now over 80% of the full production rate. During the third quarter, the rate averaged 653 t/d, or 82% of the nominal 800 t/d rate. The company said that...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | October 22, 2012 | 4:59 pm

GOLD RESOURCE: M&I grows 61% at Leprechaun deposit

NEWFOUNDLAND – Marathon Gold Corp. of Toronto has a new open pit and underground 43-101 resource estimate for its Leprechaun deposit at the Valentine Lake project 55 km south of Buchans. At 9.54 million tonnes, the measured and indicated...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | October 22, 2012 | 4:58 pm

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