MINING PEOPLE IN THE NEWS – MetalCORP, FNX Mining, Birch Mountain
Giles Filion is the newest director to join the board of METALCORP of Thunder Bay, Ont. Until recently he was VP of...
Canadian Mining Journal Staff
Posts by Canadian Mining Journal Staff:
SAMPLE SPLITTER – Knelson offers new rotary splitter
LANGLEY, B.C. - KNELSON GRAVITY SOLUTIONS is now offering a rotary sample splitter which, it says, provides a super...
MINERAL TESTING – SGS opens new lab in Mexico
MEXICO - SGS MINERALS SERVICES of Lakefield, Ont., has opened a new facility in Durango to service the growing Mexi...
EQUIPMENT SALES – Atlas Copco, Coneco/Terratech team up in the west
ATLAS COPCO CONSTRUCTION & MINING CANADA of Sudbury and CONECO/TERRATECH of Edmonton have joined forces to promote ...
ZINC SALES – Duck Pond output hedged
NEWFOUNDLAND - Toronto-based AUR RESOURCES has entered into forward sales contracts for 75% of the future productio...
INVESTMENT – Everton gets boost from McEwen
OTTAWA - EVERTON RESOURCES is getting a $1.5-million boost from mining entrepreneur Rob McEwen of Toronto. He has a...
AMALGAMATION – Placer board resigns as Barrick takes over
VANCOUVER - Nine directors of PLACER DOME have resigned following the announcement that BARRICK GOLD now controls 8...
GOLD MINING – Richmont opens East Amphi
NORTHERN QUEBEC - RICHMONT MINES of Montreal says it has begun mining at its East Amphi gold project near Val d'Or,...
GOLD MINING – Tulawaka tops 124,000 oz
TANZANIA - In 2005, the Tulawaka mine produced 124,743 oz of gold since its first pour on March 15. The total excee...
URANIUM EXPLORATION – Northwest contemplates mine in Utah
UTAH - Toronto-based NORTHWESTERN MINERAL VENTURES has applied for the required permits to enter the former Firefly...
WORD ASSOCIATION – “Ekati Trend” joins lexicon
The words "Ekati Trend" have been penned to describe the diamond-producing area around Lac de Gras in the Northwest...
NICKEL-COPPER FEASIBILITY – Potential new mine, mill near Sudbury
NORTHERN ONTARIO - URSA MAJOR MINERALS and NORTH AMERICAN PALLADIUM have a positive feasibility study in hand for t...
COAL FEASIBILITY – Lodgepole looks good
BRITISH COLUMBIA - CLINE MINING CORP. of Sudbury has released the second feasibility study in the same number of we...
PORPHYRY RESOURCES – Northern Dynasty calls Pebble East “world class”
ALASKA - Vancouver-based NORTHERN DYNASTY MINERALS has released a resource estimate for its Pebble East porphyry co...
Finnvera to finance up to $132M in Troilus gold-copper project
The export credit agency showed a letter of interest to Troilus to support equipment acquisition for the project.