MINING PEOPLE IN THE NEWS Southern Star, Golden Goose, Devon, Geologix
Toronto-based SOUTHERN STAR RESOURCES has added Terry MacGibbon, who is president & CEO of FNX Mining, to the South...
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MINING CHEMICALS Cytec bumps up prices
NEW JERSEY Effective Oct. 1, 2005, CYTEC INDUSTRIES of West Paterson is raising the price of chemicals it supplie...
OFFICES MOVING Fortune Minerals
Effective Sept. 22, 2005, the offices of FORTUNE MINERALS LIMITED will be located at 140 Fullarton St., Suite 1902,...
TAKEOVER OFFER CVRD eyes Canico
BRAZIL The world's largest producer of iron ore and pellets, COMPANHIA VALE DE RIO DOCE (CVRD) of Rio de Janeiro ...
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT Inco centre opens at Memorial University
NEWFOUNDLAND On Sept. 20 the $17.3-million INCO INNOVATION CENTRE was officially opened by officials of MEMORIAL ...
NICKEL MINING First concentrate from Voisey’s Bay
LABRADOR "We're off and running," said INCO LTD. chairman and CEO Scott Hand in announcing that the first concent...
GOLD MINING Veladero pours ahead of schedule
ARGENTINA Toronto-based BARRICK GOLD announced on Sept. 15, that its Veladero mine in San Juan province poured it...
COAL DEVELOPMENT Hillsborough commissioning mine in Tennessee
TENNESSEE Vancouver's HILLSBOROUGH RESOURCES is commissioning its Crossville underground thermal coal mine, with ...
COAL RESOURCES Mongolian project tops 70M tonnes for Ivanhoe
SOUTHERN MONGOLIA The initial numbers are in for IVANHOE MINES' Nariin Sukhait coal project 40 km north of the Ch...
NICKEL RESOURCES Former Lynn Lake mine holds 6.4 million tons
MANITOBA SEYMOUR EXPLORATION of Sudbury, Ontario, has a measured and indicated resource of 6.4 million tons gradi...
ZINC-LEAD RESOURCES Good grades in Chile
CHILE Toronto-based BREAKWATER RESOURCES has released good grades for the Concordia deposit at its El Toqui mine....
COLOURED GEMSTONE DISCOVERY Greenland yields large ruby and pink sapphires
GREENLAND Vancouver's TRUE NORTH GEMS continues to find gem-quality rubies at its Aappaluttoq (Big Red) project n...
NICKEL-COPPER EXPLORATION Falconbridge identifies next Raglan mining area
QUEBEC Toronto-based FALCONBRIDGE has identified Zone 5-8 as its next flagship mining area at its Raglan mine on ...
CONTRACT AWARD Met-Chem wins iron ore project in Venezuela
MONTREAL MET-CHEM CANADA has been awarded the detailed engineering contract for a new, US$300-million iron ore co...
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 […]