DRILL BITS – Vulcan 16-mm gets 1,012-metre workout
NORTHERN QUEBEC - MERCIER DRILLING has been testing the new 16-mm Vulcan drill bit in the James Bay region. What th...
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POWER GENERATION – Hillsborough plans coal-fired plant
BRITISH COLUMBIA - Vancouver-based HILLSBOROUGH RESOURCES and AES PACIFIC have proposed building a coal-fired gener...
COAL SALES – Fording looks ahead to 2006
CALGARY - FORDING CANADIAN COAL TRUST says its operating subsidiary ELK VALLEY COAL has completed approximately 80%...
WARRANTS OFFERED – Goldcorp to raise US$460M
TORONTO - GOLDCORP is raising the money it needs to repay credit facilities that will be drawn down to acquire cert...
CORPORATE EARNINGS – HudBay sets record
WINNIPEG - HUDBAY MINERALS has posted record earnings of $85.2 million or $1.04/share for the 2005 calendar year. T...
IRON ORE DEVELOPMENT – Hope Downs application submitted
WESTERN AUSTRALIA - The mine development application for the Hope Downs iron ore project has been submitted to the ...
COAL SAFETY SEMINAR – First-ever slated for April 20-21
WEST VIRGINIA - The WHEELING JESUIT UNIVERSITY in Wheeling is hosting what it calls the first-ever International Mi...
DIAMOND EXPLORATION – Star valuation sets at US$173/ct
NORTHERN SASKATCHEWAN - The results are in from the Early Joli Fou kimberlite breccia sample collected by SHORE GOL...
GOLD EXPLORATION – Work at Lamaque goes underground
NORTHERN QUEBEC - CENTURY MINING CORP. of Blaine, Wash., has begun a three-phase underground exploration and develo...
GOLD EXPLORATION – Vein at Lac Herbin hits 25.86 g/t
NORTHERN QUEBEC - ALEXIS MINERALS of Toronto is pulling nice grades from its Lac Herbin project, 10 km from Val d'O...
DOING SOME DIGGING – The dirt on oil sands
Canada's oil sands reserves are the envy of many energy-hungry nations, including the United States and China. Ther...
IRON RESOURCES – Quinto releases Peppler Lake figures
NORTHERN QUEBEC - QUINTO TECHNOLOGY of Delta, B.C., has filed a NI 43-101-compliant report for its Peppler Lake iro...
GOLD FEASIBILITY – QR could be reopened with $4.5M
BRITISH COLUMBIA - Vancouver-based CROSS LAKE MINERALS has received the completed independent feasibility study for...
ACQUISITION — Eramet to pay $270M for Weda Bay
PARIS and TORONTO -- The French mining company ERAMET has agreed to purchase all outstanding common shares of Toron...
Goldman cuts gold price forecast down to $4,900
Goldman Sachs has slashed its gold price forecast by $500 an ounce to reflect the increased likelihood that the US Federal Reserve […]