PERSPECTIVE: What Vale workers got for year on picket line
After 51 weeks on the picket lines, Vale workers at Sudbury and Port Colborne, ON, have ratified a new five-ye...
Canadian Mining Journal Staff
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MINING PEOPLE IN THE NEWS: Acadian Mining, Avalon Rare Metals, Castle Resources, MetalCorp and Premium Exploration
Acadian Mining of Halifax has named Grant Ewing to the role of president and CEO. He formerly held the same po...
TAKEOVER: Cliffs wins battle for Big Daddy
ONTARIO - Having a superior offer from Cliffs Natural Resources of Cleveland, Spider Resources of Toronto has ...
COMMUNITY RELATIONS: Copper Mountain, USIB sign benefit agreement
BRITISH COLUMBIA - Copper Mountain Mining of Vancouver and the Upper Similkameen Indian Band (USIB) have concl...
PERMITTING: Young-Davidson closure plan approved
ONTARIO - Northgate Minerals of Vancouver has received approval from the Ontario Ministry of Northern Developm...
VANADIUM TESTS: Recoveries top 93% on CMB samples
NEWFOUNDLAND - Vancouver-based Crosshair Exploration and Mining reports that acid leach tests on samples from ...
PERSPECTIVE: Australia backs off mining super tax
Australia's proposed 40% "super tax" on the mining industry had investors fleeing the country and forced the p...
PERSPECTIVE: Tentative deal may end year-long Sudbury strike
Vale and the 3,000-plus striking members of Steelworkers Local 6500 have finally hammered out a deal that may ...
READER COMMENT: Mining supply sector
From Peter McBride, manager of communications at the Ontario Mining Association, comes this comment on the Sud...
GOLD EXPLORATION: Leprechaun hiding pot of gold
NEWFOUNDLAND - Toronto-based Marathon PGM Corp. is getting closer to the pot of gold at the Leprechaun deposit...
URANIUM EXPLORATION: Fission, Kepco double commitment at Waterbury Lake
SASKATCHEWAN - Fission Energy Corp. (50%) of Kelowna, BC, and partner Korea Electric Power Corp. (Kepco) (50%)...
GOLD STUDY: Touquoy-Cochran project to cost $123 million
NOVA SCOTIA - Atlantic Gold of Australia has a definitive feasibility study in hand that says its Touquoy-Coch...
Traditional safety metrics may mask mining’s deadly reality
Research suggests mining safety records are improving while workers keep dying Connected safety platforms such as ISNetworld can help improve how mining […]