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Mining Marshall Plan for Northern Ontario

What a difference a decade makes! Ten years ago, according to many in the Toronto media, mining was a sunset industry and a modern industrial country/province should not be in such a supposedly "low tech" sector. Some even thought we should let...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | July 11, 2011 | 4:58 pm

ALUMINA DEVELOPMENT: Orbite to advance Cap-Chat pilot plant to commercial production

QUEBEC - Montreal-based Exploration Orbite has raised $57.5 million through a recently completed bought deal. Most of the net proceeds will be used to convert the company's Cap-Chat pilot plant into a commercial facility producing...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | July 7, 2011 | 5:00 pm

GOLD EXPLORATION: Bonanza grade reported from Rainy River

ONTARIO - For a sheer, eye-popping bonanza gold grade, readers should try to imagine 1,335.0 g/t Au (and 76.7 g/t Ag). That was the grade over 1.5 metres from hole NR11719 only 42 metres below surface at the Rainy River property in northwest...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | July 7, 2011 | 4:59 pm

MINING PEOPLE IN THE NEWS: Alderon, Bellhaven, Canada Lithium, North American Nickel, San Gold and VMS Ventures

Alderon Resource Corp. of Vancouver will name Tayfun Eldem its president and CEO on Sept. 7, 2011. At that time Mark J. Morabito will become executive chairman and Stan Bharti will take over the duties of vice-chairman. Eldem is a former VP of...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | July 7, 2011 | 4:58 pm

GOLD-BASE METAL DEVELOPMENT: HudBay commits to new concentrator at Lalor project

MANITOBA - HudBay Minerals of Toronto has completed the optimization study for its Lalor gold-copper-zinc project and decided to build a new concentrator and paste fill plant at the mine site near Snow Lake. Results of the study indicate that...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | July 6, 2011 | 5:01 pm

REO-URANIUM STUDY: Pele Mountain’s Eco Ridge start-up to cost US$212 million

ONTARIO - Toronto-based Pele Mountain Resources has released the results of the preliminary economic assessment of its Eco Ridge uranium and rare earths project in Elliot Lake. The mine and a 9,400-t/d plant would generate two-thirds of its...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | July 6, 2011 | 5:00 pm

AWARD: Goldcorp wins for reclamation of Coniaurum property

ONTARIO - Goldcorp of Vancouver has won the Tom Peters Memorial Mine Reclamation Award for its work on the Coniaurum property in Timmins. The award was presented at the Mining and Environment Conference held last month in Sudbury. The prize is...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | July 6, 2011 | 4:59 pm

CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY: Kinross supports economic chair at Moscow school

TORONTO - Kinross Gold announced on July 6, 2011, that it will support a professorship in development economics at the New Economic School in Moscow, Russia. The company has committed $300,000 over the next three years.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | July 6, 2011 | 4:58 pm

DONATION: SMS Equipment and workers raise $100,000 for Childrens Miracle Network

ACHESON, Alberta -SMS Equipment and its employees have donated $100,000 to the Childrens Miracle Network. This is the second year that SMS has matched what its workers have donated to the charity.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | July 6, 2011 | 4:57 pm

PERSPECTIVE: Pacific seabed hosts large REE deposits

Rare earth elements have recently become the one of the hottest exploration targets. The number of juniors seeking REEs seems almost as great as those hunting for gold particularly in Quebec. The most advanced junior is Canada Lithium that is...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | July 4, 2011 | 5:00 pm

MINING PEOPLE IN THE NEWS: Continental Nickel, PBX, PDAC, PwC, Trelawney and Yukon-Nevada

Continental Nickel of Toronto has a new president and CEO, David Massola. He has held executive positions at mining companies in Canada, Chile and the United States.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | July 4, 2011 | 4:59 pm

NOTE TO READERS: No news on Wednesday

Daily Headline News editor Marilyn Scales is on the road and unable to write the news for Wednesday, July 6. Read more about the Canadian mining industry on Thursday.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | July 4, 2011 | 4:58 pm

COAL STUDY: PFS examines 3.5M-t/y Donkin project

NOVA SCOTIA - The preliminary feasibility report is completed on the Donkin metallurgical and thermal coal project in Cape Breton. It was prepared for joint venture partners Xstrata Coal Donkin (75% and operator) and Erdene Resource Development...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | June 30, 2011 | 5:00 pm

INFRASTRUCTURE: Funding sought for railway to Ring of Fire

ONTARIO - Canada Chrome Corp., a subsidiary of KWG Resources of Montreal, and Greenstone Economic Development Corp. have applied to PPP Canada for as much as $496 million with which to fund building a railway to the Ring of Fire mineral...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | June 30, 2011 | 4:59 pm

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