GOLD DEVELOPMENT: At long last Pascua-Lama gets nod
TORONTO - On May 7, 2009, Barrick Gold announced that it will proceed with development of its Pascua-Lama project t...
Canadian Mining Journal Staff
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INDUSTRY SUPPORT: Feds pledge millions for mineral industry
TORONTO - This is Mining Week in Canada (May 11 to 17) and also the annual meeting of the Canadian Institute of Min...
READER COMMENT: “Mining” act?
"I have a quibble with the impressions left from your recent article on the revisions to the Ontario Mining Act," w...
HOT TOPIC: How strongly do you support the proposed changes to the Ontario Mining Act?
Last week's question concerning the level of support for Ontario's new Mining Act has been interesting. The longer ...
CANADIAN PERSPECTIVE: Where Ontario’s new Mining Act fails the industry
I had a lengthy and most interesting phone call from Michael Leahy last week concerning the proposed changes to the...
MINING IN BRITISH COLUMBIA: Records broken in 2008
VANCOUVER - The British Columbia mining industry posted record financial results in 2008, according to a Pricewater...
MERGER: Denison to swallow Northern Continental
TORONTO - Northern Continental Resources of Vancouver has agreed to a friendly takeover by Toronto-based Denison Mi...
DEBT REDUCTION: Teck announces pricing of notes
VANCOUVER - Teck Resources has its senior secured notes at a total of US$4.225 billion. It plans to raise US$1.3 bi...
MINING PEOPLE IN THE NEWS: Denison, Geodex, Golden Band, Siemens and Tamerlane
Chairman Lukas H. Lundin has been named interim CEO at Toronto's Denison Mines following the retirement of Peter Fa...
GOLD MINING: Barrick’s Buzwagi makes first pour
TANZANIA - The Buzwagi mine in the northwest part of the country has poured its first gold bar. The mine is owned a...
CANADIAN PERSPECTIVE: Federal court strikes down pollution reporting exemption for miners
Late in April 2009, the Federal Court of Canada released a decision that will force mineral producers to report lev...
IRON ORE MINING: Temporary shutdown planned for Mont-Wright
QUEBEC - ArcelorMittal Mines Canada says its Mont-Wright iron ore mine and concentration will suspend production fo...
Alamos expects lower Q2 output on Young-Davidson mine disruptions
Alamos Gold (TSX, NYSE: AGI) says it is expecting lower production in the second quarter following a series of disruptions at the Young-Davidson […]