CANADIAN MINING PERSPECTIVES: Taking the message to Canada’s MPs
Last Tuesday, Nov. 18, mining executives from across Canada met in Ottawa for their annual Mining Day on the Hill. ...
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GOLD MINING: First gold-silver pour at Dolores
MEXICO — Minefinders Corp. of Vancouver has poured the first gold-silver doré bar at its Dolores open ...
OIL SANDS ROYALTY: Syncrude opts for bitumen-based fee
ALBERTA — Syncrude, operator of Canada's second-oldest oil sands producer north of Fort McMurray, reached agr...
FLOW-THROUGH CREDIT: Saskatchewan reintroduces program
SASKATOON — The Government of Saskatchewan has reintroduced the Saskatchewan Mineral Exploration Tax Credit p...
MINING PEOPLE IN THE NEWS: BHP Billiton, Freeport Resources, Maya Gold, MAC, Northern Tiger and Pacific North West
BHP Billiton of Melbourne, Australia, has named Andrew Mackenzie as group executive and CEO of its non-ferrous busi...
ACID ROCK DRAINAGE: Tailings management workshop
VANCOUVER — The 15th Annual BC-MEND Metal Leaching & Acid Rock Drainage Workshop is set of Dec. 3-4, 2008...
ONTARIO MINING ACT: Dialog extended into next year
TORONTO — The Ontario Ministry of Northern Development and Mines has extended the deadline for discussion of ...
SILVER-LEAD-ZINC DEVELOPMENT: Water leak continues to plague Platosa
MEXICO — Water inflow continues to plague the Platosa test mine belonging to Excellon Resources of Toronto. T...
PRIVATE PLACEMENT: Agnico-Eagle seeks US$252M
TORONTO — Agnico-Eagle Mines plans to raise US$252 million by way of a private placement. The net proceeds ar...
ENVIRONMENTAL APPROVAL: Barrick receives okay for Cortez Hills
NEVADA — The U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has approved the environmental impact statement for Barrick...
CANADIAN MINING PERSPECTIVES: Western Australia lifts uranium ban
The six-year ban on uranium mining in Western Australia has been lifted, newly elected Premier Colin Barnett announ...
NET NITS: Venezuela revisited
Our knowledgeable readers have been weighing in with opinions about Crystallex and the Las Cristinas project in Ven...
GOLD DEVELOPMENT: Work slowed at New Afton project
BRITISH COLUMBIA — Vancouver-based New Gold has decided not to fast track development of its New Afton projec...
OIL SANDS DEVELOPMENT: Partners defer final decision on Fort Hills
ALBERTA — Partners at the Fort Hills oil sands development have deferred the final investment decision on the...
Finnvera to finance up to $132M in Troilus gold-copper project
The export credit agency showed a letter of interest to Troilus to support equipment acquisition for the project.