GOLD MINING: Inmet trades Ok Tedi equity for NSR
PAPUA NEW GUINEA — Inmet Mining of Toronto has reached an agreement with the government of Papua New Gui...
Canadian Mining Journal Staff
Posts by Canadian Mining Journal Staff:
COPPER-MOLYBDENUM MINING: Taseko sells 15% of Gibraltar for $180 million
BRITISH COLUMBIA — Taseko Mines of Vancouver has sold a 25% interest in the Gibraltar copper-molybdenum ...
CANADIAN PERSPECTIVE: Pascua Lama paves way for other cross-border mining projects
When Barrick Gold began to test the Pascua Lama deposit that straddles the border of Chile and Argentina, it k...
MINING PEOPLE IN THE NEWS: Avanti, Noront and Wallbridge
Avanti Mining of Vancouver has hired Kenneth W. Collison as senior VP project development. He was most recentl...
HEDGING: Barrick eliminates all gold hedges
TORONTO — The world's largest gold producer, Barrick Gold, has divested all of its gold hedges and now h...
TAKEOVER: Cliffs ups offer for Freewest
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Cliffs Natural Resources has increased its offer for all the outstanding shares of Montreal...
PIT EQUIPMENT: Muskeg River oil sands mine to get more Cat equipment
ALBERTA — Vancouver's Finning International has sold seven Caterpillar 787 mining trucks and nine D11 tr...
COAL DEVELOPMENT No.8 mine to begin production
ALBERTA — Grande Cache Coal of Calgary has received all the necessary permits to begin mining the new No...
GOLD RESOURCES: Snowfield, Brucejack host 23.80-M oz AuEq measured and indicted
BRITISH COLUMBIA — Silver Standard Resources of Vancouver has released new 43-101-compliant numbers from...
GOLD EXPLORATION: Aurizon confirms continuity of Zone 120 at Casa Berardi
QUEBEC — Recent underground drilling by Vancouver-based Aurizon Mines has confirmed the continuity of th...
URANIUM EXPLORATION: CanAlaska outlines $15-M budget for 2010
SASKATCHEWAN — Exploration spending by CanAlaska Uranium of Vancouver will be at least $15 million next ...
Major mine financing deals closed in November 2009
Interestingly, there were no financings closed in Canada during the first half of the month. It was Nov. 17 be...
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 […]