DOING SOME DIGGING Merger mania: Barrick wants Placer Dome
Our readers will know by now that BARRICK GOLD of Toronto has launched a hostile takeover bid for Vancouver-based P...
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SPECIAL REPORT – Barrick launches bid for Placer Dome
TORONTO - In an attempt by the young to outstrip the old, BARRICK GOLD (ABX-T, ABX-N) has made a hostile US$9.2-bil...
MINING PEOPLE IN THE NEWS Teck Cominco, Strathmore Minerals, NovaGold, Western Prospector, GlobeStar, Gold Reserve, Temex
Vancouver's TECK COMINCO has announced the retirement of two long-term executives, VP exploration business developm...
RECYCLING AWARD Safety-Kleen receives top honours
STRATFORD, ONTARIO - SAFETY-KLEEN CANADA, has won the RECYCLING COUNCIL OF ONTARIO's platinum Sustainable Technolog...
CONTRACT AWARD “Opportunity” at Peppler Lake
QUEBEC QUINTO TECHNOLOGY of Delta, B.C., has awarded the contract for an "opportunity study" of its Peppler Lake ...
FATALITY Worker killed at Greenhills mine
BRITISH COLUMBIA An employee at the Greenhills coal mine near Elkford was killed on Oct. 20 in a heavy equipment ...
NICKEL TREATMENT Inco opens demo hydromet plant for Voisey’s Bay
NEWFOUNDLAND On Oct. 20 Toronto-based INCO LTD. marked the official startup of its demonstration hydrometallurgic...
GOLD-SILVER DEVELOPMENT – $60M in hand for Ocampo development
MEXICO GAMMON LAKE RESOURCES of Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, has arranged debt financing in the amount of US$60 millio...
NICKEL MINING Lockerby officially back in business
NORTHERN ONTARIO Toronto-based FIRST NICKEL has announced the restart of mining at the Lockerby mine near Sudbury...
COPPER RESOURCES Potential addition to Collahuasi reserves
CHILE Toronto-based FALCONBRIDGE is optimistic that inferred resources in the newly tested Rosario Oeste zone wil...
COPPER RESOURCES Chariot plans 2009 Marcona copper startup
PERU - Toronto-based junior CHARIOT RESOURCES is working to start production in 2009 at its Marcona copper project ...
NET NIT Statistics and damned statistics
Last week's editorial on pollution statistics caught the eye of Bill Thuma, an international mining consultant at G...
Mining mentorship network welcomes all professionals
Women in Mining USA has unveiled the Mining Mentor Network, a comprehensive mentorship community that breaks down traditional barriers by welcoming professionals […]