URANIUM EXPLORATION – UEX sets $25M budget for 2007
SASKATCHEWAN - Vancouver-based UEX CORP. has set aside a $25-million budget for exploration and development in 2007...
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DIAMOND EXPLORATION – Gahcho Ku sampling delayed
NORTHWEST TERRITORIES - The bulk sampling program at the Gaucho Ku diamond project has been pushed back a year to ...
CANADIAN MINING NEWS – Season’s Greetings and Thank You
We at CMJ would like to wish all our friends and acquaintances the happiest of holidays, however they plan to celeb...
MINING PEOPLE IN THE NEWS – Aurora Energy, Britannica, Cameco, Jaguar Nickel, Marathon, and Skye Resources
Mark Tessier has joined Vancouver's AURORA ENERGY as general manager of mining projects. He will head the team that...
EQUIPMENT SALES – Finning sees $280M sales to oil sands industry
VANCOUVER - FINNING INTERNATIONAL, one of the world's largest Caterpillar dealers, anticipates selling $280-million...
WATER TREATMENT – BioteQ signs on in China
VANCOUVER - BIOTEQ ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGIES has signed a joint venture agreement with JIANGXI COPPER CORP. for th...
UNDERSEA MINING – Teck Cominco takes stake in Nautilus
VANCOUVER - TECK COMINCO has invested US$31.1 million for a 9.2% share of Vancouver-based NAUTILUS MINERALS. The in...
GOLD MINING – Gold poured at reopened Casa Berardi
QUEBEC - AURIZON MINES of Vancouver poured its first dor bar from the reopened Casa Berardi gold mine on Dec. 4, 2...
GOLD MINING – Expansion planned at Kumtor
KYRGYZ REPUBLIC - Toronto's CENTERRA GOLD will begin a US$36-million underground exploration and development progra...
COPPER-COBALT DEVELOPMENT – Conditional nod given for Tenke Fungurume
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO - PHELPS DODGE of Phoenix, Arizona, has given conditional approval to the US$650-milli...
NICKEL DEVELOPMENT – Anglo okays $1.2B Barro Alto project
BRAZIL - The directors of London, UK-based ANGLO AMERICAN PLC have given the okay to the US$1.2-billion Barro Alto ...
COPPER-GOLD DEVELOPMENT – Contractor chosen for New Afton project
BRITISH COLUMBIA - NEW GOLD of Vancouver has selected CEMENTATION CANADA as the underground mining contractor for t...
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 […]