DIAMOND ACQUISITION – Stornoway wins control of Ashton and Contact Diamond VANCOUVER - Earlier this week STORNOWAY DIAMOND CORP. announced that it had acquired controlling interests in both ... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | September 20, 2006 | 5:00 pm
URANIUM MERGER – Denison, IUC agree to join forces Toronto's DENISON MINES and Vancouver's INTERNATIONAL URANIUM CORP. (ICU) have agreed to combine their assets under... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | September 20, 2006 | 5:00 pm
CANADIAN MINING NEWS: VIEWPOINT – IamGold to swallow larger Cambior A week ago Toronto-based IAMGOLD and Montreal's CAMBIOR agreed to combine the two companies, creating a new IamGold... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | September 20, 2006 | 5:00 pm
MINING PEOPLE IN THE NEWS – Pioneer, Latin American, Pitchstone, Western Quebec, Mundoro, Glencairn Gold, North American Palladium Since acquiring an 81% interest in PIONEER METALS of Vancouver, BARRICK GOLD of Toronto has shuffled Pioneer's boar... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | September 17, 2006 | 5:00 pm
ENGINE OIL – Shell introduces CJ-4 lubricant CALGARY - SHELL CANADA has introduced new Rotella T engine oil with Triple Protection technology. The new lubrica... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | September 17, 2006 | 5:00 pm
SMELTER AUTOMATION – Teck Cominco chooses Invensys TRAIL, British Columbia - TECK COMINCO METALS selected INVENSYS PROCESS SYSTEMS to implement a new mesh network-bas... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | September 17, 2006 | 5:00 pm
TAKEOVER PROPOSAL – Imperial eyes bcMetals VANCOUVER - IMPERIAL METALS announced on September 8 that it will make an all-cash offer to acquire all of the outs... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | September 17, 2006 | 5:00 pm
ACQUISITION – Aber boosts Harry Winston stake to 100% TORONTO - ABER DIAMOND CORP. has agreed to buy out the minority shareholders in world-renowned jeweller, HARRY WINS... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | September 17, 2006 | 5:00 pm
HEALTH & SAFETY – Mining safety gains cut compensation costs Continued progress in safety performance by the mining industry in Ontario is resulting in lower Workplace Safety a... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | September 17, 2006 | 5:00 pm
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT – Miramar, Cusac sign separate IBAs VANCOUVER - The owners of two gold projects have signed agreements with local aboriginal bands. Canadian Mining Journal Staff | September 17, 2006 | 5:00 pm
CANADIAN MINING NEWS – UBC students engineer solutions to poverty VANCOUVER - Instead of painting houses or serving food, University of British Columbia engineering students Nick Ji... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | September 17, 2006 | 5:00 pm
NICKEL-COPPER EXPLORATION – Shakespeare project to yield bulk sample ONTARIO - Toronto's URSA MAJOR MINERALS has plans for a 50,000-tonne bulk sample from its Shakespeare nickel-copper... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | September 13, 2006 | 5:00 pm