SYMPOSIUM – Fuel cells for mining MONTREAL - The first international symposium on the use of fuel cells in mining applications is set for April 29, 2... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | September 10, 2006 | 5:00 pm
MINING PEOPLE IN THE NEWS – Xstrata Copper, St Andrew, Nikos, Lumina and La Quinta XSTRATA COPPER, which is maintaining offices in Toronto, has named Claude Ferron its COO of Xstrata Copper Canada. ... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | September 10, 2006 | 5:00 pm
HOIST SYSTEM – ABB wins $20M Swedish order VASTERAS, Sweden - ABB AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES has won a US$20-million contract from LKAB to boost productivity by ... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | September 10, 2006 | 5:00 pm
PORTABLE PUMPS – Supavac tackles wet or dry material MONTREAL - Supavac portable solids pumps reliably transfer any wet or dry bulk material that flows. With no rotati... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | September 10, 2006 | 5:00 pm
GOLD EXPLORATION – Goldcorp cedes Madsen project to Claude Resources ONTARIO - CLAUDE RESOURCES of Saskatoon has reacquired control of its Madsen gold project near Red Lake. Madsen was... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | September 6, 2006 | 5:00 pm
GOLD EXPLORATION – Following the termite trail GUINEA - Montreal-based SEARCHGOLD RESOURCES is exploring its Mandiana gold property with the help of local termite... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | September 6, 2006 | 5:00 pm
GOLD EXPLORATION – Highest grade yet in Kirkland Lake camp, 5.5 opt Au ONTARIO Vancouver-based KIRKLAND LAKE GOLD has drilled what it believes to be the highest grade intersection in t... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | September 6, 2006 | 5:00 pm
NET NITS – Whitehorse conference Last week editor Jane Werniuk and I (Marilyn Scales) expounded on the mines ministers' conference in Whitehorse, Yu... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | September 6, 2006 | 5:00 pm
NICKEL MERGER – Phelps Dodge bows out of Inco fight; way clear for CVRD TORONTO - Officials of INCO LTD., the company at the centre of so much takeover news this summer, announced that it... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | September 6, 2006 | 5:00 pm
MOLY MERGER – Blue Pearl vaults to top with Thompson Creek takeover TORONTO - BLUE PEARL MINING has agreed to pay US$575 million to acquire THOMPSON CREEK METALS, headquartered in Col... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | September 6, 2006 | 5:00 pm
DOING SOME DIGGING – Diamcor achieves success The story of DIAMCOR MINING, which is recovering diamonds from tailings in South Africa, is a Canadian success stor... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | September 6, 2006 | 5:00 pm
GOLD AMALGAMATION – Goldcorp, Glamis to create low-cost gold giant TORONTO - Vancouver-based GOLDCORP and GLAMIS GOLD of Reno, Nevada, have agreed to combine in a US$21.3-billion tra... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | September 3, 2006 | 5:00 pm