CANADIAN PERSPECTIVE: New survey paints gloomy picture of mining
The latest news from PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) is very gloomy. The survey, titled Mine: When the going gets toug...
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MINING PEOPLE IN THE NEWS: Crowflight, Denison, Starcore and Yukon-Nevada Gold
Toronto's Crowflight Minerals has named Michael D. Kelly as president, CEO and a director of the company. He has ov...
BUSINESS COMBINATIONS: Half dozen deals announced last week
Creston Moly Corp. and Tenajon Resources, both headquartered in Vancouver, are planning a business combination to c...
SAFETY PRIZE: Polaris wins award for zero lost time accidents in 2008
VANCOUVER - Orca Sand & Gravel, a subsidiary of Polaris Minerals has been selected by the BC Ministry of Energy, Mi...
CANADIAN PERSPECTIVE: The Chinese are coming! The Chinese are coming!
Readers are advised to get out their chopsticks and start practising because the Chinese are coming to Canada. In t...
URANIUM DEVELOPMENT: Second Australian producer in BHP Billiton’s sights
WESTERN AUSTRALIA - Melbourne's BHP Billiton has plans to develop a second uranium mine in Australia. The Yeelirrie...
OIL SANDS DEVELOPMENT: Imperial gives green light to phase one Kearl project
ALBERTA - Imperial Oil of Calgary has approved the $8-billion first phase of the Kearl oil sands project 70 km nort...
GOLD STUDY: Scoping positive for Croinor deposit
QUEBEC - The Croinor gold project could be profitably producing within one year, according to the preliminary econo...
DIAMOND STUDY: Gahcho Ku estimate grows to 60M carats
NORTHWEST TERRITORIES - De Beers Canada (51%) and Mountain Province Diamonds (49%) have updated the 43-101 resource...
COAL EXPLORATION: Underground permit received for Raven project
BRITISH COLUMBIA - Compliance Energy Corp. of Vancouver has received an underground exploration permit for the Rave...
CHROMITE EXPLORATION: Blackbird drilling yields over 40%
ONTARIO - Toronto-based Noront Resources continues to drill its Blackbird deposits in the Ring of Fire, and core sa...
HOT TOPIC: What are Canada’s juniors worth?
If (and it is a big "if") the Canadian government were to bail out the junior mining sector, how much money would b...
CANADIAN PERSPECTIVE: Survival of the juniors
The Canadian mining industry falls into three camps - the opportunists, the innovators and the survivors - accordin...
MINING PEOPLE IN THE NEWS: American Consolidated, BacTech, GWR Resources, Norilsk and Titan Uranium
American Consolidated Minerals of Vancouver has a new president, Al Fabbro, formerly of Canaccord Capital and Yorkt...
Tungsten West scores $97M UK investment
The company announced it will restart tungsten and tin productions at Hemerdon by this year’s third quarter.