COPPER MINING: Mount Polley sets record BRITISH COLUMBIA Vancouver-based IMPERIAL METALS CORP. has set new records for production and concentrate shipmen... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | July 20, 2008 | 5:00 pm
MINE CLOSURE: Lennard Shelf shelved in Australia WESTERN AUSTRALIA Partners TECK COMINCO (50%) of Vancouver and XSTRATA ZINC (50%) of Switzerland have announced t... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | July 20, 2008 | 5:00 pm
PHILANTHROPY: Rio Tinto Alcan commits $200M to Canada Fund MONTREAL RIO TINTO ALCAN has begun formalizing arrangements for its Rio Tinto Alcan Canada Fund, a $200-million c... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | July 20, 2008 | 5:00 pm
MINING PEOPLE IN THE NEWS: Adanac Moly, Atikwa Minerals, G4G and Polaris Minerals Paul F. Nelson is the new president and CEO of Vancouver's ADANAC MOLYBDENUM. He has been a director of the company... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | July 20, 2008 | 5:00 pm
CANADIAN MINING PERSPECTIVES: Barrick adding black gold to gold Everyone who drives a car or heats a home is complaining about the record high prices for oil. Manufacturers are co... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | July 20, 2008 | 5:00 pm
BASE METAL RESOURCES: First estimate from McFauld’s 3 deposit ONTARIO The initial estimate of mineralization at the McFauld's project in the James Bay Lowlands includes 802,00... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | July 16, 2008 | 5:00 pm
GOLD RESOURCES: South mine reserves jump 52% ONTARIO KIRKLAND LAKE GOLD has put together new reserve and resource numbers for its South mine that show increas... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | July 16, 2008 | 5:00 pm
URANIUM EXPLORATION: Cameco pays US$345 for share of Australian project WESTERN AUSTRALIA The world's largest producer of uranium, Saskatoon's CAMECO CORP., has signed a deal to acquire... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | July 16, 2008 | 5:00 pm
GOLD EXPLORATION: Meliadine West update attracts Agnico’s interest NUNAVUT COMAPLEX MINERALS of Calgary has updated its current exploration program on the Meliadine West gold prope... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | July 16, 2008 | 5:00 pm
MINERAL PROCESSING: Metso equipment chosen for Mt. Milligan BRITISH COLUMBIA TERRANE METALS of Vancouver has selected METSO MINERALS of Guelph, ON to supply mineral processi... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | July 16, 2008 | 5:00 pm
COPPER DEVELOPMENT: Corner Bay project reaches underground ore QUEBEC Flooding at the Copper Bay copper mine, a 50:50 joint venture of Montreal's CAMPBELL RESOURCES and Toronto... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | July 16, 2008 | 5:00 pm
CANADIAN MINING PERSPECTIVES: Half of Northern Ontario now off-limits to mineral industry On July 14, Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty announced plans to protect at least 225,000 km of the boreal forest in... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | July 16, 2008 | 5:00 pm