NICKEL MINING: First Quantum acquires Ravensthorpe operation
WESTERN AUSTRALIA — Vancouver's First Quantum Minerals is making its initial foray into nickel productio...
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MOLYBDENUM MINING: 2010 spending at Endako near $400 million
BRITISH COLUMBIA — Thompson Creek Metals of Toronto says it has earmarked a total of $298 million to be ...
DIAMOND MINING: Snap Lake ramps up production
NORTHWEST TERRITORIES — Toronto-based De Beers Canada has given the green light to ramping up production...
CANADIAN PERSPECTIVE: Murder in Mexico or how to hate the Canadian mining industry
Almost every media outlet and all the NGOs in the world are condemning the Canadian mining industry for the mu...
COPPER-GOLD DEVELOPMENT: Ivanhoe promises US$758 million for Oyu Tolgoi construction next year
MONGOLIA — Now that most of the details of the investment agreement have been worked out with the Mongol...
PALLADIUM DEVELOPMENT: NAP to restart mine, develop Offset zone
ONTARIO — North American Palladium (NAP) of Toronto has begun the process of restarting operations at it...
DIAMOND RESOURCES: Renard carats triple with new numbers
QUEBEC — The latest 43-101-compliant numbers for the Renard diamond project triples the number of carats...
GOLD EXPLORATION: Lac Pelletier bulk sample reaches mill
QUEBEC — The Lac Pelletier advanced gold exploration project 4 km southwest of Rouyn-Noranda has reached...
HOT TOPIC: Foreign ownership of Canadian resources (December 09, 2009)
Last week we asked CMJ readers what their comfort level is when it comes to ownership and exploitation of Cana...
READER COMMENT: The loss of Canadian mining expertise
In response to last week's Hot Topic concerning foreign ownership of Canadian mineral resources, we received t...
CANADIAN PERSPECTIVE: Canada’s newest copper smelter to close
The Kidd Creek copper smelter in Timmins, ON, is to close permanently on May 1, 2010, Xstrata Copper announced...
ENVIRONMENTAL AWARD: Western Copper lauded for reclamation
YUKON — Western Copper Corp. of Vancouver has won the 2009 Robert E. Leckie award for the reclamation pr...
Quebec battery foil plant gets green light with government backing
Volta Energy Solutions Canada (VESC) announced on December 15 that the Korean Ministry of Economy and Finance has selected it as a […]