Canadian Mining Journal Staff

BOOK: Safety is more than science

Safe By Accident authors Judy Agnew and Aubrey Daniels argue that the key to improving mining safety lies not just in the latest engineering, physics, or chemistry advancements, but in the science of human behaviour.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | January 18, 2011 | 5:00 pm

MINING LEASE: First ever underwater lease granted to Nautilus

PAPUA NEW GUINEA - The government of Papua New Guinea has granted the world's first deep sea mining lease to Nautilus Minerals of Toronto for the development of its Solwara 1 project in the Bismarck Sea.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | January 18, 2011 | 5:00 pm

CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY: Ring of Fire chiefs invited to join Canada Chrome board

MONTREAL - KWG Resources has extended invitation to the chief of five First Nations in the Ring of Fire area to join the board of its subsidiary Canada Chrome Corp. Today's era of corporate social responsibility demand that aboriginal groups be...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | January 18, 2011 | 5:00 pm

AWARD: Redpath wins major contract in Tasmania

NORTH BAY, Ontario - Redpath Australia, a subsidiary of Canadian The Redpath Group, has won a major mine development and construction contract at Mount Lyell, Tasmania. The contract was awarded by Copper Mines of Tasmania, a subsidiary of...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | January 17, 2011 | 5:00 pm

POLICY FRAMEWORK: Guidance for mine closure and long term liabilities

The National Orphaned and Abandoned Mines Initiative (NOAMI) has released a new publication, "The Policy Framework in Canada for Mines Closure and Management of Long Term Liabilities: A guidance Document (November 2010)." Stakeholders,...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | January 17, 2011 | 5:00 pm

BASE METAL RESOURCE: Numbers announced for PD1 deposit near Matagami

QUEBEC - The latest 43-101 report for the PD1 zinc-copper deposit belonging to Donner Metals of Vancouver includes 1.74 million tonnes of measured and indicated resources grading 4.55% Zn, 1.16% Cu and 19.88 g/t Ag. Xstrata Zinc Canada, the...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | January 17, 2011 | 5:00 pm

MERGER: ArcelorMittal, Nunavut Iron team up for successful Baffinland bid

NUNAVUT - Almost four months have passed since Toronto-based Nunavut Iron Ore first proposed a takeover of Baffinland Iron Mines, owner of the Mary River iron ore project 160 km south of Mittimatalik (Pond Inlet). Nunavut Iron offered US$0.08...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | January 17, 2011 | 5:00 pm

MINING PEOPLE IN THE NEWS: Alexis, BCGold, Silver Predator and Source Exploration

Alexis Minerals Corp. of Toronto has named Francois Perron its new president and CEO. He held the same positions at Golden Goose Resources until it was hold to Kodiak Exploration last year. Alexis also noted that David Rigg has been named...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | January 13, 2011 | 5:00 pm

GOLD MINING: Golden Band pours first gold

SASKATCHEWAN - Golden Band Resources of Saskatoon has poured its first doré bar from its La Ronge gold project in the northern part of the province. The bar, weighing 500 oz, was produced from high grade ore from the Roy Lloyd mine...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | January 13, 2011 | 5:00 pm

MERGER: Inmet, Lundin deal to create new company named Symterra

TORONTO - Executives at Inmet Mining Corp. and Lundin Mining Corp. have decided to merge their companies creating a new entity, Symterra Corp., that will join the ranks of senior copper producers. Symterra is expected to produce over 600,000...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | January 13, 2011 | 5:00 pm

GOLD RECOVERY: Hydrometallurgical process is eco-friendly

VAL D'OR, Quebec - Eco Refractory Solutions has tested its hydrometallurgical process for refractory gold ores for a second client, and says it was successful in recovering 98.1% of the contained gold in 24 hours using little cyanide. Follow-up...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | January 12, 2011 | 5:00 pm

MERGER: Cliffs deal values Consolidated Thompson at $4.9 billion

MONTREAL - Cliffs Natural Resources of Cleveland, OH, has made a $4.9-billion all-cash bid to acquire Consolidated Thompson Iron Mines, the company that recently put the Bloom Lake iron ore mine near Fermont, QC, into production. Cliffs is...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | January 12, 2011 | 5:00 pm

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