NICKEL MINING First concentrate from Voisey’s Bay
LABRADOR "We're off and running," said INCO LTD. chairman and CEO Scott Hand in announcing that the first concent...
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GOLD MINING Veladero pours ahead of schedule
ARGENTINA Toronto-based BARRICK GOLD announced on Sept. 15, that its Veladero mine in San Juan province poured it...
COAL DEVELOPMENT Hillsborough commissioning mine in Tennessee
TENNESSEE Vancouver's HILLSBOROUGH RESOURCES is commissioning its Crossville underground thermal coal mine, with ...
COAL RESOURCES Mongolian project tops 70M tonnes for Ivanhoe
SOUTHERN MONGOLIA The initial numbers are in for IVANHOE MINES' Nariin Sukhait coal project 40 km north of the Ch...
NICKEL RESOURCES Former Lynn Lake mine holds 6.4 million tons
MANITOBA SEYMOUR EXPLORATION of Sudbury, Ontario, has a measured and indicated resource of 6.4 million tons gradi...
ZINC-LEAD RESOURCES Good grades in Chile
CHILE Toronto-based BREAKWATER RESOURCES has released good grades for the Concordia deposit at its El Toqui mine....
COLOURED GEMSTONE DISCOVERY Greenland yields large ruby and pink sapphires
GREENLAND Vancouver's TRUE NORTH GEMS continues to find gem-quality rubies at its Aappaluttoq (Big Red) project n...
NICKEL-COPPER EXPLORATION Falconbridge identifies next Raglan mining area
QUEBEC Toronto-based FALCONBRIDGE has identified Zone 5-8 as its next flagship mining area at its Raglan mine on ...
CONTRACT AWARD Met-Chem wins iron ore project in Venezuela
MONTREAL MET-CHEM CANADA has been awarded the detailed engineering contract for a new, US$300-million iron ore co...
GOLD EXPLORATION Hunt for gold still in high gear
Despite the challenge of mining gold at a profit, the high gold price continues to keep the hunt for the yellow met...
DOING SOME DIGGING The new golden rule
"Whoever has the gold makes the rules." This old saw used to give me a little laugh and a little longing ...
MINING PEOPLE IN THE NEWS HudBay, SouthernEra
HUDBAY MINERALS INC., based in Winnipeg, Man., has appointed Jeff Swinoga, CA, as VP and CFO, effective October 200...
Kenorland reports major gold resource at Frotet, backs 4% royalty
Kenorland Minerals (TSXV: KLD; US-OTCQX: KLDCF) unveiled an inaugural inferred mineral resource for the Regnault gold deposit at the Frotet project in […]