NEW NAMES NEWS Tahera Diamond and Energem Toronto-based Tahera Corp. is changing its name to TAHERA DIAMOND CORPORATION to reflect the company's business as... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | June 30, 2004 | 5:00 pm
MERGER NEWS Cambior/Sequoia Approved QUEBEC Shareholders of SEQUOIA MINERALS have voted 99.6% to approve the merger of their company with CAMBIOR INC. Canadian Mining Journal Staff | June 30, 2004 | 5:00 pm
ENVIRONMENTAL NEWS Ontario Announces Tougher Air Standards ONTARIO Last week the Ontario Environment Minister Leona Dombrowsky unveiled the province's new five-point plan t... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | June 30, 2004 | 5:00 pm
GOLD MINING NEWS Pimenton Sells First Concentrate Shipment CHILE The Pimenton gold mine has sold its first concentrate shipment to the Enami smelter at Ventanas. The Piment... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | June 30, 2004 | 5:00 pm
MERGER NEWS Inmet/Aur Resources Called Off ONTARIO INMET MINING CORP. and AUR RESOURCES, both of Toronto, have agreed to terminate their proposed merger agr... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | June 30, 2004 | 5:00 pm
MINE DEVELOPMENT NEWS Cerro San Pedro Gold/Silver Project Held Up MEXICO Delays in obtaining an explosives permit have halted construction at the Cerro San Pedro heap leach gold/s... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | June 30, 2004 | 5:00 pm
FEASIBILITY STUDY NEWS Chapada Copper/Gold Mine to Cost US$177.9 Million BRAZIL YAMANA GOLD of Toronto has received the final feasibility study from HATCH ASSOCIATES for its Chapada gold... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | June 30, 2004 | 5:00 pm
NICKEL EXPLORATION NEWS Nuinsco Ponders Pit for Mel Deposit MANITOBA Toronto-based NUINSCO RESOURCES is evaluating the open pit mining potential for the Mel deposit, 25 km n... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | June 30, 2004 | 5:00 pm
MINING PEOPLE IN THE NEWS Mining Ass’n of Canada, Aber Diamond, Ivernia West, Exall, Gemcom, CanAlaska, Forest Gate President and CEO of INMET MINING, Richard Ross, has been elected chair of the MINING ASSOCIATION OF CANADA, headqu... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | June 30, 2004 | 5:00 pm
GEOLOGICAL MODELLING NEWS Newest Vulcan Version Functional and Streamlined AUSTRALIA The newest release, Version 5, of MAPTEK's Vulcan geological modelling software is designed with functi... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | June 30, 2004 | 5:00 pm
DOING SOME DIGGING Happy Canada Day With the Federal election behind us and the Canada Day holiday this week, I figured it is time for a feel-good stor... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | June 30, 2004 | 5:00 pm
WHEEL LOADER NEWS World’s First Simulator Hits the Training Market AUSTRALIA IMMERSIVE TECHNOLOGIES of Perth has released what it says is the world's first wheel loader simulator f... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | June 30, 2004 | 5:00 pm
UNDERGROUND MINING EQUIPMENT NEWS Atlas Copco Chosen for Jacobina Mine BRAZIL ATLAS COPCO has won the contract to supply underground equipment for the Jacobina gold mine, which is reop... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | June 30, 2004 | 5:00 pm
ELECTRIC SHOVEL NEWS Quebec Cartier Chooses Bucyrus 495s QUEBEC QUEBEC CARTIER MINING has chosen a pair of BUCYRUS 495 electric shovels for use at its Mount Wright iron m... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | June 30, 2004 | 5:00 pm