GOLD-COPPER EXPLORATION: Barrick to acquire 70% of El Morro project near Pascua-Lama
CHILE — Barrick Gold of Toronto is offering US$465 million in cash for Xstrata's 70% interest in the El ...
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GOLD EXPLORATION: San Gold to acquire first property near Timmins
ONTARIO — San Gold, the high-grade gold miner from Bissett, MB, is making its first foray outside that p...
GOLD EXPLORATION: Drilling at Madsen intersects bonanza grades
ONTARIO — Claude Resources of Saskatoon has intersected bonanza grades, over 4 oz of gold per ton, while...
HOT TOPIC: Human rights protection
I doubt that any company that explores or mines in developing countries would deliberately try to quash the hu...
CANADIAN PERSPECTIVE: Bill introduced to tighten rules on transnational resource companies
In February 2009, the Hon. John McKay introduced a private bill, C-300, "An Act Respecting Corporate Accountab...
MINING PEOPLE IN THE NEWS: Emerick, Hana Mining, Inter-Citic, Noront and Rodina
Emerick Resources of Vancouver has named Ralph Rushton its new president and CEO. He spent a summer at the com...
HOSTILE BID: Noront eyes Freewest to consolidate Ring of Fire holdings
TORONTO — Noront Resources has launched a takeover bid for Freewest Resources of Montreal, a move that w...
SAFETY: Smart hat monitors heavy equipment operators
QUEENSLAND, Australia — Researchers at the CRCMining centre have developed a "smart" baseball cap that m...
MINERAL PROCESSING: Outotec to supply copper plant for Pueblo Viejo mine
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC — Finnish supplier Outotec will supply a copper recovery plant based on its sulphide ...
GOLD MINING: Yamana’s Gualcamayo mine reaches commercial production
ARGENTINA — Toronto-based Yamana Gold celebrated the first quarter of commercial production from the Gua...
GOLD-COPPER MINING: Boddington is in business
WESTERN AUSTRALIA — The first gold has been poured and the initial copper concentrate shipment made at t...
IRON ORE MINING: ArcelorMittal sets prices for Quebec pellets and concentrate
MONTREAL — ArcelorMittal Mines Canada has set lower prices with its European customers for the iron ore ...
Kenorland reports major gold resource at Frotet, backs 4% royalty
Kenorland Minerals (TSXV: KLD; US-OTCQX: KLDCF) unveiled an inaugural inferred mineral resource for the Regnault gold deposit at the Frotet project in […]