TRUCK TIRES: Bridgestone Bandag reorganized BRIDGESTONE BANDAG TIRE SOLUTIONS (BBTS) has been reorganized as a new division of Bridgestone Firestone North Amer... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | August 6, 2008 | 5:00 pm
NICKEL EXPLORATION: Independent Nickel attracts investment by Hunter Dickinson ONTARIO INDEPENDENT NICKEL of Sudbury has agreed to the terms of a $14-million financing with one of the private ... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | August 6, 2008 | 5:00 pm
URANIUM EXPLORATION: Assays from Michelin boost resource LABRADOR Vancouver-based AURORA ENERGY RESOURCES has assays from the final three holes of last winter's drilling ... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | August 6, 2008 | 5:00 pm
GOLD EXPLORATION: Kiena mine drilling returns more good grades ONTARIO WESDOME GOLD MINES of Val d'Or is encouraged by the results of drilling at depth in the VC zone at its 10... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | August 6, 2008 | 5:00 pm
LAST WEEK’S QUESTION: World’s largest coal producer CMJ readers are an intelligent group. We are pleased to report that 61% of the respondents to last week's question ... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | August 6, 2008 | 5:00 pm
CANADIAN MINING PERSPECTIVES: Goldcorp expands Red Lake holdings (August 06, 2008) As acquisitions in the mineral industry go, this one is small: a deal worth only $1.2 billion. That is what Vancouv... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | August 6, 2008 | 4:10 pm
GOLD MILLING: Sale of Stock mill to Apollo completed ONTARIO ST ANDREW GOLDFIELDS of Oakville, Ontario, has completed the previously announced sale of its Stock mill ... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | August 4, 2008 | 5:00 pm
MINING PEOPLE IN THE NEWS: Dia Bras, Minco Silver, Nevgold, New Millennium, Skyline, Ventana Gold and Wildcat Silver DIA BRAS EXPLORATION of Montreal has named Francois Auclair its new VP of corporate development and Eugene Schmidt ... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | August 4, 2008 | 5:00 pm
COPPER MILLING: Minto throughput to 3,200 t/d approved by regulators YUKON The Yukon Department of Energy, Mines and Resources has approved the expansion of SHERWOOD COPPER's Minto m... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | August 4, 2008 | 5:00 pm
DIAMOND MINING: De Beers opens two mines in Canada TORONTO DE BEERS CANADA has officially opened two new diamond mines in Canada, the Snap Lake mine in the Northwes... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | August 4, 2008 | 5:00 pm
BUSINESS COMBINATION: Kinross eyes Aurelian, Fruta del Norte project TORONTO KINROSS GOLD and AURELIAN RESOURCES have struck a friendly deal whereby Kinross will acquire all of Aurel... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | August 4, 2008 | 5:00 pm
CANADIAN MINING PERSPECTIVES: Crystal-gazing at the future mining workforce Renowned demographer David Foot, author of the best selling book "Boom, Bust & Echo", provided miners with some gui... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | August 4, 2008 | 5:00 pm