PRODUCTIVITY SOFTWARE – GEMS 6.1 released
VANCOUVER - GEMCOM SOFTWARE INTERNATIONAL has released GEMS 6.1, the latest version of its geology, mine planning, ...
Canadian Mining Journal Staff
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CALL FOR NOMINATIONS – Canadian Mining Hall of Fame (May 20, 2007)
OTTAWA - The directors of the CANADIAN MINING HALL OF FAME (CMHF) have issued their annual call for nominations tha...
NAME CHANGE – Blue Pearl becomes Thompson Creek Metals
TORONTO - Blue Pearl Mining has changed its name to THOMPSON CREEK METALS COMPANY. On May 15, 2007, the companys c...
SAFETY – Quadras Robinson mine reaches milestone
NEVADA - Vancouvers QUADRA MINING is proud of its Robinson mine crew, who have reached the one-million-person-hour...
ENVIRONMENTAL APPROVAL – Tanzania gives nod to Buzwagi
TANZANIA - The EIA for the Buzwagi gold project belonging to Toronto-based BARRICK GOLD has received approval from ...
ALUMINUM SMELTER – Rusals new plant to cost $2.3B
RUSSIA - UC RUSAL of Moscow and HYDROOGK have begun construction of a new US$2.3-billion, 600,000 t/y aluminum smel...
TUNGSTEN MINING – Pasto Bueno startup official
PERU - The Pasto Bueno tungsten mine 830 km north of Lima has reached commercial production. The mine belongs to DY...
CANADIAN MINING PERSPECTIVES – Juniors capitalization tops $27B in 2006
TORONTO - The clever people at PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS (PWC) have examined junior mining companies trading on the TS...
MINING PEOPLE IN THE NEWS – Cross Lake, Entre Gold, JNR Resources, Lake Shore Gold, Miramar, Redcorp, Selkirk Metals, Sherwood Copper, Tahera, TTM Resources and Wolfden
CROSS LAKE MINERALS of Vancouver has appointed Tom Colbourne its VP mining. He was involved in the original develop...
P.R. Engineering management killed in plane crash
Canadian Mining Journal has sadly learned that the principals of Oshawa, Ont., crusher manufacturer P.R. ENGINEERIN...
ACTIVE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS – Strong prices spur continuing work
As long as commodity prices remain strong, the mining industry is not going to be short of development projects. He...
COPPER-MOLY RESOURCES – Shaft Creek numbers increasing
BRITISH COLUMBIA - Calgary-based COPPER FOX METALS has released a larger resource estimate for its Schaft Creek cop...
Quebec battery foil plant gets green light with government backing
Volta Energy Solutions Canada (VESC) announced on December 15 that the Korean Ministry of Economy and Finance has selected it as a […]