BASE METALS PRODUCTION – European Goldfields ships first Greek concentrates
GREECE - EUROPEAN GOLDFIELDS of Whitehorse, Yukon, says its 65%-owned subsidiary Hellas Gold has shipped its first ...
Canadian Mining Journal Staff
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COAL COMEBACK – Xstrata interested in Cape Breton mine
NOVA SCOTIA - The Nova Scotia government has chosen Swiss-based XSTRATA to revitalize the Cape Breton coal mining i...
GOLD EXPLORATION – St Andrew update and acquisition
TORONTO - ST ANDREW GOLDFIELDS is already busy working on two Canadian and one U.S. project, but to keep even busie...
GOLD EXPLORATION – New Gold plans more work at Afton and Ajax
BRITISH COLUMBIA - NEW GOLD INC. of Vancouver has made a non-brokered private placement that raised $4.0 million fo...
PRODUCTION TARGET – $50/oz for LaRonde gold
ONTARIO - Toronto-based AGNICO-EAGLE MINES has set its sights on being one of the world's lowest cost gold producer...
ECONOMIC STUDY – Numbers at Meadowbank improve
NUNAVUT - The updated economic study, done only nine months after the original feasibility study, shows improved nu...
COPPER RESERVES – Gibraltar up 30%
BRITISH COLUMBIA - The strong price of copper is a boon to Vancouver-based TASEKO MINES, allowing it to announce a ...
GOLD EXPLORATION – Kimber studies Carmen project
MEXICO - Vancouver-based KIMBER RESOURCES expects to complete a pre-feasibility study by April 2006 for its Carmen ...
IRON ORE EXPLORATION – $12 million set aside for Mary River
NUNAVUT - Toronto's BAFFINLAND IRON MINES is raising $12.0 million through private placement for further exploratio...
OIL SANDS EXPLORATION – Firebag east to be drilled
ALBERTA - Calgary-based CANWEST PETROLEUM has raised the $15.0 million (and more) needed for Phase Two drilling of ...
DOING SOME DIGGING – What glitters is gold
Gold continues to be our favourite newsmaker this week. Setting a 25-year record on Dec. 12, the price topped US$54...
SMELTER DEVELOPMENT – Alcan greenlights $1.7-billion investment in Oman
OMAN - Montreal-based ALCAN INC. has given the green light to construction of a US$1.7-billion aluminum smelter in ...
MINING MERGER – Committee Bay, Matador united
VANCOUVER - COMMITTEE BAY RESOURCES completed its takeover of MATADOR EXPLORATION on Nov. 30, 2005. Committee Bay a...
MINING PEOPLE IN THE NEWS – Teck Cominco, Tamerlane, Rio Narcea, New Gold, International Wayside, Great Basin, Gemcom, Archangel Diamond
TECK COMINCO of Vancouver has made two executive appointments. First, Robert G. Scott moves from general manager of...
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 […]