BASE METAL PRODUCTION NEWS Two-Month Shutdown for Kidd Zinc Refinery TIMMINS, Ont. FALCONBRIDGE is planning an eight-week shutdown of its zinc refinery at the Kidd Metallurgical Divi... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | February 27, 2003 | 10:14 pm
GOLD PRODUCTION NEWS Placer Dome Outlines Plans for 2003 VANCOUVER, B.C. Addressing the Global Resources Conference in Tampa, Fla, Jay Taylor, president and CEO of PLACER... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | February 27, 2003 | 10:14 pm
PGM PRODUCTION NEWS North American Palladium Orders Crusher THUNDER BAY, Ont. NORTH AMERICAN PALLADIUM, Canada's only primary producer of platinum group metals, has ordered... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | February 27, 2003 | 10:14 pm
GOLD PRODUCTION NEWS McWatters Buys Up/Out Gold Mills VAL D'OR, Que. It looks like McWATTERS MINING is gearing up to boost gold production. The company has bought out... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | February 27, 2003 | 10:13 pm
MERGER NEWS Pan American, Corner Bay United VANCOUVER, B.C. PAN AMERICAN SILVER and CORNER BAY SILVER completed their merger on Feb. 20. The arrangement call... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | February 27, 2003 | 10:12 pm
SOUTH AFRICAN INVESTMENT NEWS New Legislation Topic of Seminar TORONTO Mark Monday, March 10 on your calendar if you want to know more about South Africa's new mineral legislat... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | February 27, 2003 | 10:12 pm
SPECIALTY METALS INVESTMENT NEWS Timminco Attracts Safeguard International TORONTO TIMMINS INVESTMENT LTD. has agreed to issue 6 million common shares of TIMMINCO LTD. for $1.10 each to SA... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | February 27, 2003 | 10:11 pm
PROCESSING EQUIPMENT NEWS Eriez Opens Plant in Shanghai Noting that China is now its largest export market, ERIEZ MANUFACTURING of Erie, Penn., has opened a new plant in S... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | February 27, 2003 | 10:11 pm
ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT NEWS Colour Changes Makes Maintenance Easier ADALET-PLM is now making its high voltage mining couplers in a flesh tone rather than in grey as it previously did. Canadian Mining Journal Staff | February 27, 2003 | 10:10 pm
PLANT MAINTENANCE NEWS Hyatt Adds New Products HYATT INDUSTRIES of Vancouver has recently added new pieces of equipment to its sales, service and training line-up... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | February 27, 2003 | 10:10 pm
MINING PEOPLE IN THE NEWS (February 27, 2003) PAN ASIA MINING CORP. of Vancouver has named Hassan (Sam) Halbouni to the position of co-chairman and CEO. He is al... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | February 27, 2003 | 2:00 pm
DOING SOME DIGGING Tempest in Tay River Industrial minerals producers often fly beneath our collective radar. Not so in Eastern Ontario. For three years, t... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | February 18, 2003 | 5:04 pm
GOLD EXPLORATION NEWS Committee Bay, Gold Fields Team up in Nunavut NUNAVUT COMMITTEE BAY RESOURCES has signed an arms-length letter of intent with GOLD FIELDS EXPLORATION for a joi... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | February 18, 2003 | 5:02 pm
BASE METAL EXPLORATION NEWS Inmet Ventures into Cornerstone Project NEWFOUNDLAND & LABRADOR INMET MINING has signed a joint venture agreement with CORNERSTONE CAPITAL RESOURCES cove... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | February 18, 2003 | 5:01 pm