MINE SAFETY: Better mine safety begins with better mine design
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NICKEL-COPPER MINING: Shakespeare mine sends 10,000-t to Strathcona
ONTARIO - Ursa Major Minerals of Toronto is shipping 10,000 tonnes of stockpiled nickel-copper ore from its Shakesp...
PARTY PLANS: CMHF gala set for May 9
TORONTO - The Canadian Mining Hall of Fame is hosting a special, black tie fundraising gala evening at the Royal On...
TITANIUM MINING: QIT-Fer et Titane latest to cut output
QUEBEC - The latest Canadian miner to announced an extended summer shutdown is titanium producer QIT-Fer et Titane....
COPPER SMELTING: Kidd Creek to take eight-week break
ONTARIO - Swiss mining giant Xstrata Plc has announced plans to shut down its Kidd Creek copper smelter for eight w...
ZINC-SILVER-LEAD EXPLORATION: Sullivan-style deposit drilled in Idaho
IDAHO - Azteca Gold of Spokane, WA, says the mineralization at its Two Mile project appears to be a thick, Sullivan...
COPPER EXPLORATION: New airborne technology identifies skarn and porphyry potential
NEVADA - HoneyBadger Exploration of Toronto has completed an extensive airborne geophysical survey over its propert...
CANADIAN PERSPECTIVE: Teck sheds assets to pay down debt
I would imagine that the management of Teck Cominco would like to take a mulligan on its purchase of Fording Canadi...
MOLYBDENUM RESOURCES: Avanti updates Kitsault numbers
BRITISH COLUMBIA - Vancouver's Avanti Mining says the updated resource estimates for its Kitsault moly project are ...
HOT TOPIC: What price Fording?
Our Hot Topic this week concerns the price that Teck paid for control of Fording. By price, we are considering only...
GOLD DEVELOPMENT: JV to put Yellowjacket into production
BRITISH COLUMBIA - Prize Mining of Calgary and Eagle Plains Resources of Cranbrook, BC, have created a joint ventur...
GOLD DEVELOPMENT: Work begins on San Gold’s Hinge zone
MANITOBA - San Gold Corp. of Bissett, MB, says the decline has reached the high-grade Hinge zone, and preparations ...
MINING PEOPLE IN THE NEWS: Adanac, Archangel Diamond, Oremex and Tenajon
Adanac Molybdenum Corp. of Vancouver has named a new chairman and CEO. Christopher C. Kirby steps up to the duties ...
GOLD MILLING: Lake Shore restarts Bell Creek mill
ONTARIO - Lake Shore Gold of Toronto has begun processing development ore at its Bell Creek mill in Timmins. The ta...
Tungsten West scores $97M UK investment
The company announced it will restart tungsten and tin productions at Hemerdon by this year’s third quarter.