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Shaft-sinking at Nickel Rim South

Building the Nickel Rim South nickel-copper mine is a major development for Noranda-Falconbridge Ltd. in the Sudbury Basin of northeast Ontario. The job commenced in March 2004, when funding was appro...

A tool for all seasons

With over $41.1 billion dollars in revenue each year at stake (according to Natural Resources Canada), Canadian mining companies have a vested interest in the way land is used and how it is left when...

Look who’s all grown up

Anyone who attended the PDAC convention in Toronto in early March is aware that opportunity is not only knocking in this business but trying to break down the door. There was record-high attendance; w...

Come together now in Africa

The former mayor of the City of Metropolitan Toronto, Mel Lastman, was known for running on at the mouth. He once jokingly told a reporter that he was worried about being boiled in a pot by cannibals...

Excitement in the Abitibi Greenstone Belt

Undeniably one of the most famous and prolific gold- and base-metal-producing areas in the world, the Abitibi Greenstone Belt is once again seeing a flurry of exploration activity and re-examination o...

Gemstone news

Extra nice Beluga sapphire...

Mineral liberation analyzer at U. of Nott.

The University of Nottingham's School of Chemical, Environmental and Mining Engineering (SChEME) in the United Kingdom has recently purchased a mineral liberation analyzer (MLA) from JKTech Pty. Ltd....

High prices drive uranium activity

Interest in uranium exploration is growing across Canada, thanks to the strong price for the metal. The spot price for U3O8 at the end of December 2004 was US$20.70/lb, after a steady two-year rise. T...

Nickel hunting in two provinces

Two provinces--Manitoba with its producing mines in the Thompson Nickel Belt and Quebec with one nickel/copper mine on the Ungava Peninsula--are under investigation by would-be and existing nickel min...

DRC Resources taking another good look at Afton

Diamond drilling began in late January from the first portion of a new underground decline being developed by Vancouver-based DRC Resources Corp. at the Afton copper-gold project near...

Nickel Rim South on fast-track

Tucked away in the eastern rim of the Sudbury Basin, the Nickel Rim South deposit has hidden its potential for decades. A recent change in its exploration strategy has allowed Falconbridge Ltd...