EQUITY EXCHANGE – FNX wants partner’s interest in Sudbury Joint Venture TORONTO - On Wednesday morning, Oct. 5, FNX MINING made a formal announcement that it intends to acquire the intere... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | October 5, 2005 | 5:30 pm
GOLD DEVELOPMENT – Pueblo Viejo gets nod, Cerro Casale on hold DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Vancouver-based PLACER DOME has approved development of the Pueblo Viejo gold mine to begin wh... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | September 28, 2005 | 6:00 pm
GOLD EXPLORATION – Work goes underground at Russian Kid QUEBEC - Exploration is going underground to extract a bulk sample from the Russian Kid gold project, 35 km west of... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | September 28, 2005 | 6:00 pm
NET NIT – The concept of resources In the Sept. 14 Net News, Jane Werniuk wondered at the advisability of stating "conceptual" resource figures, that ... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | September 28, 2005 | 6:00 pm
EXPLORATION SPENDING – US$5.1 billion planned worldwide METALS ECONOMICS GROUP estimates that the 2005 worldwide exploration budget will total US$5.1 billion, just shy of ... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | September 28, 2005 | 6:00 pm
DOING SOME DIGGING – Melanie Pilon, Goldcorp’s “apprentice” Melanie Pilon has the best job in Canada. She has won a position at GOLDCORP as the "apprentice" to president and C... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | September 28, 2005 | 6:00 pm
GUEST EDITORIAL – The risks of junior exploration It must be emphasized, at the outset, that mineral exploration is a high risk endeavour. The fact is, the large maj... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | September 28, 2005 | 6:00 pm
MINING PEOPLE IN THE NEWS – NRCan, Royal Canadian Mint, Crescent Resources, Win-Eldrich, Esperanza, Gemcom The Hon. R. John Efford, Minister of NATURAL RESOURCES, has resigned from the federal cabinet. He cited health prob... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | September 28, 2005 | 6:00 pm
PUMPS – ITT Flygt offers progressive cavity design POINTE-CLAIRE, QUEBEC - FLYGT's new progressive cavity pumps can tackle liquids with high solids content whether th... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | September 28, 2005 | 6:00 pm
SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS – Falconbridge reacts to Xstrata’s interest TORONTO - The FALCONBRIDGE board of directors has adopted a shareholders right plan, effective immediately. The pla... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | September 28, 2005 | 6:00 pm
BUSINESS REORGANIZATION – Inco divides the world TORONTO - As part of its global growth program, INCO LIMITED (www.Inco.com) is reorganizing its operations into two... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | September 28, 2005 | 6:00 pm
UNDERWRITING – Teck Cominco to raise US$1B VANCOUVER - TECK COMINCO has entered into an agreement with a syndicate of underwriters headed by JP MORGAN and CIT... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | September 28, 2005 | 6:00 pm