SALE – Goldcorp sheds interest in Silver Wheaton
VANCOUVER - GOLDCORP has sold its entire 48% in SILVER WHEATON for approximately $1.5 billion. That represents a Si...
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CANADIAN MINING PERSPECTIVES: Rio Tinto predicts another strong year
The U.S. economy has certainly suffered setbacks, as the sub-prime mortgage problem continues to be felt around the...
NICKEL LEACHING – HPAL recovery tops 96% for Fenix ore
GUATEMALA - Pilot-scale leaching tests of limonite ore from the Fenix laterite nickel project have been successfull...
MINERAL PROCESSING – FLSmidth wins coveted plant contract
WESTERN AUSTRALIA - FLSMIDTH has received a contract worth over Aus$170 million with AUROX RESOURCES to supply a co...
BITUMEN RESOURCES – Fort Hills estimate hits 4.4 billion bbl
ALBERTA - The best estimate of the bitumen contained in the leases being developed for the Fort Hills oil sands pro...
EXPLORATION FUNDING – B.C. budget will boost exploration
VICTORIA - The BRITISH COLUMBIA GOVERNMENT introduced its latest budget that will help stimulate investment in the ...
POLL STILL OPEN – Will investors abandon Canadian diamonds?
Last week we asked CMJ readers to weigh in on whether or not they think recent money troubles in the Canadian diamo...
URANIUM RESOURCES – Grade and tonnage up at Michelin deposit
LABRADOR - Good news for AURORA ENERGY RESOURCES of Vancouver. The latest numbers for its Michelin uranium deposit ...
CANADIAN MINING PERSPECTIVES: Aboriginal unrest and responsibility
More and more, Canada's aboriginal communities are taking an active interest in the country's mineral industries. T...
GOLD DEVELOPMENT- Lac Herbin gets production nod
QUEBEC - ALEXIS MINERALS of Toronto has given the nod to commercial production at its Lac Herbin gold deposit near ...
ABORIGINAL AWARD – Imperial Oil honoured in Alberta
CALGARY - IMPERIAL OIL was recently honoured by the ALBERTA CHAMBER OF RESOURCES and the ALBERTA MINISTRY OF INTERN...
CANADIAN MINING PERSPECTIVES: Mining analysts miss mark on predictions
The latest report from ERNST & YOUNG says most mining analysts have missed the mark by repeatedly predicting a shar...
PHILANTHROPY – Suncor donated $11.1 million in 2007
CALGARY - SUNCOR ENERGY invested $11.1 million in more than 900 charitable and non-profit groups during 2007.
ACQUISITION – Sherwood takes up 85.6% of Western Keltic shares
VANCOUVER - WESTERN KELTIC investors had pledged approximately 70.5 million shares or 86.5% of the company's issued...
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.