Canadian Mining Journal Staff, Author at Canadian Mining Journal

PERSPECTIVE: In gold, iron ore they trust

Mining companies appear to be having an easier time attracting investors recently – particularly if they have a gold or iron ore project. Both commodities have been hot, hot, hot the past year, and developers are prospering.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | October 2, 2012 | 5:00 pm

ALUMINA DEVELOPMENT: Orbite drastically cuts fuel, water consumption for planned plant

QUEBEC - Montreal-based Orbite Aluminae, whose proprietary technology for extracting high grade alumina (HGA) from aluminous clay, bauxite and red mud without leaving any red mud residue, has modified its HGA technology to dramatically reduce...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | October 2, 2012 | 4:59 pm

AUTOMATION: Sandvik’s AutoMine covers all aspects of the job

SWEDEN - Sandvik Mining unveiled the new Sandvik AutoMine® product family at MINExpo in Las Vegas last month. AutoMine delivers high quality and reliable fleet automation for drilling, loading and hauling, single loader automation, block...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | October 2, 2012 | 4:58 pm

SAFETY: Mansour celebrates three years without a LTI

SUDBURY, Ontario - As a team, Mansour Mining Technologies Inc. (MMTI) has surpassed three years with no lost time accidents. This comes as a result of a dedicated group of employees, and a safety and quality minded management team. MMTI said...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | October 2, 2012 | 4:57 pm

Constrained copper supply spells trouble

There won’t be enough copper to meet Chinese demand by the middle of the next decade, Adrian Day, president of Adrian Asset Management in London, told a group of investors at The Cambridge House conference last week in Toronto.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | October 2, 2012 | 4:56 pm

PERSPECTIVE: Consulting the public

Public consultation goes on all the time concerning mining projects, usually when comments are solicited on the environmental impact statement for a particular project. The EIS is usually complete, and the project owner has spent a considerable...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | October 1, 2012 | 5:00 pm

GOLD EXPLORATION: Bralorne drills bonanza grades

BRITISH COLUMBIA – Bralorne Gold Mines of Vancouver has drilled385.7 g/t Au (uncut) over 1.2 metres at its BK (Bralorne King) property near Gold Bridge. The intersection is located just west of the underground development underway in the...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | October 1, 2012 | 4:59 pm

GOLD RESOURCE: Indicated ounces double at Hope Brook project

NEWFOUNDLAND – Toronto’s Castillian Resources Corp. has updated the 43-101 report for the former Hope Brook gold mine in the southwest part of the province. Since February this year, contained gold in the indicated resource category...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | October 1, 2012 | 4:58 pm

AWARD: Norseman named Saskatchewan exporter of the year

SASKATOON – Norseman Structures is the 2012 recipient of the Saskatchewan Trade and Export Partnership (STEP) Exporter of the Year Award.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | October 1, 2012 | 4:57 pm

Editorial: South Africa on the brink?

Post-apartheid South Africa has provided duelling optimists and pessimists with plenty of fodder to back up their long-standing positions. There have been unabashed triumphs — such as the country’s avoidance of Zimbabwe-style...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | October 1, 2012 | 4:56 pm

FINANCING: Richmont tops up treasury

MONTREAL – Richmont Mines has raised $26.0 million via a non-brokered private placement. In return the company has issued 5.97 million common shares at a value of $4.35 each. The company says its cash position is now $60 million and it...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | September 27, 2012 | 5:00 pm

ABORIGINAL RELATIONS: Metanor, Crees sign agreement for Bachelor project

QUEBEC – Metanor Resources of Val d’Or, QC, and the Grand Council of the Crees (Eeyou Istchee)-Cree Regional Authority, and the Cree First Nation of Waswanipi have signed a socio-economic participation agreement for Metanor’s...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | September 27, 2012 | 4:59 pm

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