OIL SANDS EXPANSION – Muskeg River gets regulatory nod
ALBERTA - Expansion of the Muskeg River oil sands mine and bitumen recovery plant has been given the nod by both th...
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GOLD DEVELOPMENT – Metallica readies Mexican mine
MEXICO - Toronto-based METALLICA RESOURCES has raised an additional $34.5 million to be spent largely on prestrippi...
NOTE TO READERS – No e-newsletter on Dec. 25
Due to staff vacations, CMJ's e-newsletter alert will not be broadcast on Dec. 25, 2006, or Jan. 1, 2007. We urge e...
MINING PEOPLE IN THE NEWS – Agnico-Eagle, Anaconda Gold, Goldcorp, KL Gold and Sulliden
AGNICO-EAGLE MINES of Toronto has made several recent promotions. Donald Allan becomes senior VP corporate developm...
OFF-ROAD TIRES – Italian option available in North America
FLORIDA - WORLD TRADE ASSOCIATION (WTA) of Coral Gables in now the exclusive North American distributor of Maitech ...
MINING INNOVATION – Xstrata Nickel pledges $5M to Laurentian University
ONTARIO - Toronto-based XSTRATA NICKEL (formerly Falconbridge) has pledged $5 million for the Centre for Excellence...
ASSET SALE – Former Cambior bauxite assets on block
TORONTO - IAMGOLD, which recently swallowed the larger CAMBIOR, has announced that is will sell the bauxite assets ...
ALUMINUM SMELTING – Alcan to spend $500M on pilot plant
QUEBEC - Montreal's ALCAN, one of the world's leading aluminum producers, has announced plans to build a pilot plan...
NICKEL PRODUCTION – Levack mine reopens
ONTARIO - FNX MINING of Toronto has reopened its 100%-owned Levack nickel mine in the Sudbury Basin. Closed since 1...
GOLD RESOURCES – Contained ounces at Young-Davidson top 2M
ONTARIO - Vancouver's NORTHGATE MINERALS has announced what it calls a "major" increase in gold resources at its Yo...
TUNGSTEN RESOURCES – Cantung numbers grow
YUKON - The updated NI 43-101 report for the Cantung tungsten mine near Watson Lake includes expanded resources, ac...
GOLD EXPLORATION – Hislop project yields 6.49 g/t
ONTARIO - STROUD RESOURCES of Toronto reports that the best intersection from recent drilling at its Hislop project...
Sandvik delivers autonomous-ready drill rig to Utah copper mine
Sandvik Mining has completed delivery of a DR410i rotary drill rig to Mariana Minerals’ Copper One operation in Utah, marking a significant […]