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GUEST PERSPECTIVE: Why we need more women in mining jobs

Mining industry studies have helped Skills Canada Ontario and Women in Nuclear (WIN) produce a book designed to get more women involved into less traditional working roles. "Women Working in the Skilled Trades and Technologies: Myths &...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | November 29, 2011 | 5:00 pm

GOLD EXPLORATION: Courageous Lake expands with discovery of new gold zone

NORTHWEST TERRITORIES - Seabridge Gold of Toronto has drilled a significant expansion of Zone 8 at its Courageous Lake gold project 240 km northeast of Yellowknife. The best assay of the last holes drilled was 8.44 g/t over 4.5 metres in Hole...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | November 29, 2011 | 4:59 pm

MINERAL PROCESSING: Manganese recovery reaches 96% from Buchans’ Plymouth deposit

NEW BRUNSWICK - Buchans Minerals of Windsor, NS, says that using a reducing acid leach can recover 96% of the manganese in samples from its Plymouth manganese property near Woodstock. The bench-scale tests were carried out by Thibault &...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | November 29, 2011 | 4:58 pm

EDUCATION: Special MBA for miners offered at Schulich School of Business

TORONTO - The Schulich School of Business at York University is launching an MBA specialization in the mining industry in Toronto, the mining equity financing capital of the world.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | November 28, 2011 | 5:00 pm

Deloitte report: Ten global challenges facing Canadian miners

The researchers at Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Ltd. have released their latest analysis of the Top 10 trends expected to impact the mining sector at an accelerated rate in the year ahead. Tracking the trends 2012 outlines a more complex world and...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | November 28, 2011 | 5:00 pm

DONATION: $10-M gift from Bharti is largest in Laurentian history

SUDBURY, Ontario - Stan Bharti, chairman and CEO of Forbes & Manhattan and other companies, has made a $10-million gift to Laurentian University's School of Engineering. Bharti's gift will be invested in an endowment to the exclusive use of...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | November 28, 2011 | 4:59 pm

ASBESTOS MINING: Canadian mines suspended

QUEBEC - For the first time in 130 years, no one is mining asbestos in Canada. Mining is suspended at both producers. The Jeffrey underground mine is awaiting a $58-million loan guarantee from the provincial government. Plans to resume...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | November 28, 2011 | 4:58 pm

MINING PEOPLE IN THE NEWS: Avalon Rare Metals, Black Iron and Sherritt

Avalon Rare Metals of Toronto has named Mark Wiseman to the position of VP sustainability. He is a graduate of the University of Guelph with a BSc in zoology and later obtained his MBA at Laurentian University in Sudbury. Most recently, he...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | November 28, 2011 | 4:57 pm

AWARD: Ron Thiessen wins Canada-South Africa award

VANCOUVER - Ron Thiessen, president and CEO of Vancouver-based Hunter Dickinson Inc. (HDI), has been named Business Person of the Year by the Canada-Southern Africa Chamber of Business. The award recognizes a Canadian who has contributed...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | November 24, 2011 | 5:00 pm

AWARDS: Osisko tops AEMQ list of leaders

QUEBEC CITY - Osisko Mining of Montreal leads the list of winners recognized by the Quebec Minerals Exploration Association (AEMQ) at the Quebec Exploration Convention, Nov. 12-24, 2011. The Canadian Malartic gold mine belonging to the company...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | November 24, 2011 | 4:59 pm

AWARD: Volvo Powertrain double winner for booklet commemorating 50 years

HAGERSTOWN, Maryland - Volvo Powertrain recently received two awards for its commemorative booklet, capturing 50 years of developing and producing engines, transmissions and related power components for Volvo Group brands.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | November 24, 2011 | 4:58 pm

PERSPECTIVE: Safety first in action

More than 500 workers were sent home from Xstrata Nickel's Fraser and Nickel Rim South underground mines earlier this week as their employer declared a short "safety pause". The decision was made after an increasing number of minor incidents in...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | November 23, 2011 | 5:00 pm

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