ROTTERDAM CONVENTION – Chrysotile Producers Breathe Easier
SWITZERLAND - The decision was announced in Geneva that under the terms of the Rotterdam Convention, chrysotile fib...
Canadian Mining Journal Staff
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TAXING MATTERS – Glencairn, Lynn Lake Settle Dispute
MANITOBA - Toronto-based GLENCAIRN GOLD has settled a tax dispute between a subsidiary company (BLACK HAWK MINING)...
NICKEL PRODUCTION – Activox Plant Operating in Botswana
BOTSWANA - LIONORE MINING INTERNATIONAL of Toronto has become the first nickel metal producer in this country, with...
COAL DEVELOPMENT Dillon Mine Permit Awarded
BRITISH COLUMBIA WESTERN CANADIAN COAL of Vancouver has received a provincial permit to begin development of the...
GOLD/COPPER DEVELOPMENT Goldstream Mill Headed for Restart
BRITISH COLUMBIA There is another contender in the race to open the first new metal mine in the province since 19...
GOLD DEVELOPMENT Greenwood Mill Gets Permit
BRITISH COLUMBIA GOLD CITY INDUSTRIES of Vancouver has received the permit allowing the construction of a 200-ton...
MINING PEOPLE IN THE NEWS Pacific Bay, Newmont, Nustar, Vior Mines, Breakwater, Dundee, Midlands Minerals, Pine Valley
Vancouver-based CONSOLIDATED PACIFIC BAY MINERALS has named George Sanders VP of operations and exploration for Arg...
POWER DISTRIBUTION Better Circuit Breaker
TORONTO SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC's new Square D I-Line panelboards now have unique plug-on Visi-Trip circuit breakers.
GOLD PRODUCTION Doyon Reorganization Cuts Throughput, Jobs
QUEBEC Montreal-based CAMBIOR INC. is reorganizing its Doyon gold operation near Rouyn-Noranda in hopes of restor...
GOLD PRODUCTION Canadian Shield Buys Into Peruvian Mine
PERU - Toronto-based junior CANADIAN SHIELD RESOURCES has signed an agreement to buy 44.7% of the company that oper...
COPPER DEVELOPMENT Gibraltar Mill Restart Set for October
BRITISH COLUMBIA Copper concentrate production from the Gibraltar mill and refinery near Williams Lake are slated...
GOLD RESOURCES Timmins Total Triples
NORTHERN ONTARIO Toronto-based HOLMER GOLD MINES has tripled its estimate of the indicated and inferred resource...
NICKEL EXPLORATION Cornerstone, Falconbridge Team Up near Voisey’s Bay
NEWFOUNDLAND CORNERSTONE CAPITAL RESOURCES of Mount Pearl, NL, and FALCONBRIDGE of Toronto have formed a strategi...
GOLD EXPLORATION Witwatersrand-type Deposit Sought in Yukon
YUKON - The climates of the Yukon and South Africa are vastly different, but the two locales may have Witwatersrand...
Talamore gets key road permit for Coffee gold project
Talamore Mining (TSX: TALA; US-OTC: TALMF) has secured the remaining major permit needed to complete the 214-km all-season road to its Coffee […]