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News (August 01, 2001)

C2C for soil remediationAlliance Pipeline Ltd. has chosen environmentally progressive soil remediation technology developed by Calgary-based C2C Zeolite Corp. for its pipeline right-of-way restoration...

Honourable mentions

CMJ's list of Top 40 Canadian Mining Companies generates more letters to the editor than any other single feature we publish. Often the writers complain that their companies deserve to be included. We...

Something in reserve

We often tell ourselves that Canadian mining is a small world. Put 10 miners and mineral processors in a room and we're sure that at least two of them have worked at the same site one time or another....

Minesite News (August 01, 2001)

Mount Polley Suspends OperationsImperial Metals Corp. will suspend mining and milling operations at the Mount Polley copper-gold mine on September 30, 2001, as a result of continuing low copper and go...

Repairing a raise in Nicaragua

It was obviously the right thing to do when Triton Minera a Nicaragua decided to increase the underground ventilation volume at the 170 level of the Talavera gold mine in El Limon, Nicaragua. Triton i...

Research News (August 01, 2001)

Gold from Colliding Stars?The most abundant elements, such as oxygen and carbon, are thought to be the products of stellar burning and finally exploding stars, or supernovas. Scientists agree this is ...

How we chose the top 40

We ranked Canada's Top 40 mining companies based on year 2000 revenues. Except as noted the companies use December 31 as their year-end. To be included on the list, a company must be incorporated in C...

For Barrick, gold mi ning means business

If you're talking about gold mining, it's hard to ignore Barrick Gold Corp. It has become the highest valued, lowest cost large gold miner in the world, with a better credit rating and a more general ...

Grade Is King Again

Gold mines that can provide good returns in any environment--even a hostile one in which prices hover at 20-year lows--are few and far between. The new Bulyanhulu operation in Tanzania's Lake Victoria...

Holt-McDermott and Bousquet

Holt-McDermott in transitionThe major structural breaks in the Abitibi region of northeast Ontario and northwest Quebec are littered with gold and copper mines, often plunging to great depths and prod...

South America

South America is a zone of primary importance for Barrick Gold. The company's regional interests are situated in the Andean zones of Peru, Chile and Argentina, where one of their most significant mine...