GOLD DEVELOPMENT – Cumberland secures Meadowbank funding NUNAVUT - Vancouver-based CUMBERLAND RESOURCES has secured a gold load protection program that will provide at leas... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | October 11, 2006 | 5:00 pm
GOLD EXPLORATION – More gold found at the Rice Lake mine MANITOBA - Drilling below the lowest developed level 5,300 ft below surface at the Rice Lake gold mine encountered ... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | October 11, 2006 | 5:00 pm
DIAMOND EXPLORATION – Baffin Island, James Bay Lowlands appeal to De Beers; latest Gahcho Ku results TORONTO - DE BEERS CANADA is in the midst of developing two new diamond mines in Canada, but those activities don't... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | October 11, 2006 | 5:00 pm
CANADIAN MINING PERSPECTIVES: VIEWPOINT – What Africa wants from Canada A group of African non-governmental organizations (NGOs) is calling on the Canadian government to regulate the over... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | October 11, 2006 | 5:00 pm
ENVIRONMENTAL SOLUTION – Alcan plans pot lining recycling plant QUEBEC - Montreal-based ALCAN has committed US$180.0 million to build an aluminum spent pot lining recycling plant ... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | October 8, 2006 | 5:00 pm
CANADIAN MINING PERSPECTIVES: Construction starts on nickel mill ONTARIO - In what may be record time, LIBERTY MINES of Timmins, Ont., has pushed through the permitting of its new ... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | October 8, 2006 | 5:00 pm
TAILINGS RETREATMENT – Heavy minerals pilot plant up and running ALBERTA - Toronto-based TITANIUM CORP. has commissioned its heavy minerals pilot plant. The plant is designed to re... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | October 8, 2006 | 5:00 pm
MINING PEOPLE IN THE NEWS – MAC, Altius, Blue Note, Gold Summit, Mosaic, Orvana, Patricia, Peregrine, Prominex The MINING ASSOCIATION OF CANADA has asked Peter R. Jones, president and CEO of HudBay Minerals, to fill the associ... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | October 8, 2006 | 5:00 pm
PROJECT MANAGEMENT – AMEC awarded top sustainability spot, again CALGARY - For the third year in a row, AMEC has topped the DOW JONES World Sustainability Index (DJSI). AMEC has be... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | October 8, 2006 | 5:00 pm
PROPOSED MERGER – Gold Eagle to rise from Exall, Southern Star TORONTO - EXALL RESOURCES and SOUTHERN STAR RESOURCES have entered into a merger agreement to create a new gold exp... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | October 8, 2006 | 5:00 pm
CORPORATE GIVING – Inco, WWF team up for conservation TORONTO - INCO LIMITED has pledged $200,000 a year for the next five years to the WORLD WILDLIFE FUND CANADA. The d... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | October 8, 2006 | 5:00 pm
CORPORATE GIVING – Diavik, Yellowknife support centre for homeless men NORTHWEST TERRITORIES - Homeless men in Yellowknife will have a ray of hope in a new transitional centre supported ... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | October 8, 2006 | 5:00 pm