CANADIAN MINING PERSPECTIVES: Tahera admits feeling dollar pinch Toronto's TAHERA DIAMOND CORP. is feeling the pinch of the strong Canadian dollar. Its Jericho diamond mine, Nunavu... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | November 7, 2007 | 5:00 pm
MINING PEOPLE IN THE NEWS – AMEC, BASF, Gold Hawk, Hard Creek Nickel, Orex Exploration, Rio Tinto Alcan, Uranium One and Yorbeau Senior biologist John Sferrazza has joined AMEC's MINING SECTOR and the Earth & Environmental Division in Brampton,... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | November 5, 2007 | 3:00 pm
MERGER – BacTech, Scorpio to tie knot TORONTO - BACTECH MINING has completed its due diligence and plans to go ahead with a merger with Scorpio Gold, a 9... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | November 5, 2007 | 3:00 pm
AMENABLE ACQUISITION – Barrick offers $773M for Arizona Star TORONTO - BARRICK GOLD has made a friendly cash offer for all of ARIZONA STAR's outstanding shares for Cdn$18 each.... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | November 5, 2007 | 3:00 pm
FRIENDLY TAKEOVER – Northgate offers cash for Australian company VANCOUVER - NORTHGATE MINERALS and Australias PERSEVERANCE CORP. have inked a friendly deal for the takeover of Per... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | November 5, 2007 | 3:00 pm
ACID DRAINAGE – Meeting set for end of November in Vancouver VANCOUVER - The 14th annual British Columbia/MEND metal leaching and acid rock drainage workshop is slated for Nov.... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | November 5, 2007 | 3:00 pm
COPPER MINING – Sherwood ships first concentrate from Minto mine YUKON - Vancouver-based SHERWOOD COPPER has made the first concentrate shipment from its new Minto copper-gold mine... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | November 5, 2007 | 3:00 pm
NICKEL SMELTING – Australian company considers worlds largest Ni-Cu refinery QUEENSLAND, Australia - GLADSTONE PACIFIC NICKEL of Brisbane has plans to create the world's largest nickel and cob... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | November 5, 2007 | 3:00 pm
CO-OPERATION – Abacus, New Gold join forces BRITISH COLUMBIA - ABACUS MINING and NEW GOLD, both of Vancouver, have signed letters of intent to ensure co-operat... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | November 5, 2007 | 3:00 pm
COAL TRANSPORTATION – Pipeline proposed for Mount Klappan BRITISH COLUMBIA - FORTUNE MINERALS of Toronto has proposed building a slurry pipeline to move anthracite coal from... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | November 5, 2007 | 3:00 pm
GOLD STUDY – Bachelor Lake, Barry have potential QUEBEC - METANOR RESOURCES of Val d'Or, Que., has received preliminary economic assessments of its Barry and Bachel... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | November 5, 2007 | 3:00 pm
CANADIAN MINING PERSPECTIVES: The bright side of germanium WAR EAGLE MINING of Vancouver wants everyone to know about germanium, a brittle, silver-white metalloid that has pr... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | November 5, 2007 | 3:00 pm