ENGINEERING CONTRACT NEWS Met-Chem in Venezuela MONTREAL, Quebec The CONSORTIUM DURO FELGUERA/MET-CHEM has won the engineering contract for a new iron ore concen... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | October 29, 2003 | 6:02 pm
LUBRICATION NEWS Better Protection for Cat Transmissions and Drive Trains TORONTO, Ontario PETRO-CANADA has launched Produro TO-4+, a premium line of transmission and drive train oils spe... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | October 29, 2003 | 6:01 pm
MINING PEOPLE IN THE NEWS Syncrude, Fasken Martineau, Celtic, Desert Sun, Goldstake, Firestone, Tan Range, Quantum, Meridian, Castleworth, BCMinerals SYNCRUDE CANADA has announced that Eric Newell, chairman and CEO, will be retiring on Dec. 15. He is an officer of... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | October 29, 2003 | 6:00 pm
DOING SOME DIGGING Kudos to Canada’s Top Employers It doesn't surprise me much that BHP BILLITON DIAMONDS is one of Canada's top employers. So are DOFASCO, SHELL CANA... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | October 22, 2003 | 3:40 pm
NET GAINS Northern Miner Relaunches Web Site TORONTO, Ontario There is no other way to say it, the relaunched NORTHERN MINER ONLINE is, indeed, new and improv... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | October 22, 2003 | 3:39 pm
GOLD EXPLORATION NEWS High Grades Drilled at NICO Deposit GREAT SLAVE LAKE, Northwest Territories FORTUNE MINERALS of London, Ont., is reporting more high-grade results fr... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | October 22, 2003 | 3:38 pm
DIAMOND EXPLORATION NEWS New Dyke is Diamondiferous LUPIN, Nunavut The new kimberlite dyke discovered last summer on TAHERA CORP.'s Jericho claims is diamondiferous,... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | October 22, 2003 | 3:35 pm
COPPER-GOLD EXPLORATION NEWS Aurogin Expands Land Package at Rambler BAIE VERTE, Newfoundland Toronto's AUROGIN RESOURCES has added two more claim groups to its land package near the... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | October 22, 2003 | 3:34 pm
GOLD DEVELOPMENT NEWS Pilot Mining Begins at Fenelon DETOUR LAKE, Ontario Phase I has begun of the pilot mining plan at the Fenelon project, 50 km from the former Det... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | October 22, 2003 | 3:33 pm
SILVER DEVELOPMENT NEWS CanZinc Raises Money for Prairie Creek TORONTO, Ontario CANADIAN ZINC CORP. has increased its flow-through and non-flow-through offering to a maximum of... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | October 22, 2003 | 3:32 pm
COAL PRODUCTION NEWS Luscar Acquires Sherritt Assets EDMONTON, Alberta LUSCAR COAL has acquired all of the thermal coal assets and other mineral interests of SHERRITT... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | October 22, 2003 | 3:31 pm
COPPER PRODUCTION NEWS Horne Smelter Seeks Profitability ROUYN-NORANDA, Quebec NORANDA is slashing the workforce and restructuring business at its Horne copper smelter in... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | October 22, 2003 | 3:30 pm
ENVIRONMENTAL NEWS Peru Proposes Mine Closure Rules Peru's mines and energy ministry (MEM) is preparing the "pre-publication" of regulations for a new mine c... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | October 22, 2003 | 3:29 pm
CONFERENCE NEWS Expomin Slated for April 2004 SANTIAGO, Chile Held every two years, Expomin is one of the most international mining events in the world. It dra... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | October 22, 2003 | 3:28 pm