GOLD DEVELOPMENT NEWS Shaft Goes Deeper at Sleeping Giant AMOS, Que. The shaft at the Sleeping Giant gold mine is being deepened 200 m to reach a depth of 1,060 m. Owners... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | March 19, 2003 | 4:06 pm
GOLD PRODUCTION NEWS Wheaton River Completes Alumbrera Acquisition CATAMARCA, Argentina WHEATON RIVER MINERALS has completed the acquisition of Rio Tinto's 25% interest in the Bajo... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | March 19, 2003 | 4:05 pm
OIL SANDS PRODUCTION NEWS Suncor Schedules Maintenance Shutdown FORT McMURRAY, Alta. SUNCOR ENERGY has pushed back the starting date for the maintenance shutdown of its original... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | March 19, 2003 | 4:04 pm
BASE METAL ALLIANCE NEWS Inco, LionOre Join Forces in Australia TORONTO, Ont. INCO and LIONORE MINING INTERNATIONAL have an agreement in principle to create a strategic alliance... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | March 19, 2003 | 4:00 pm
COAL INVESTMENT NEWS Fording Makes First Cash Distribution CALGARY, Alta. The first cash distribution, $1.00 per unit, from the FORDING CANADIAN COAL TRUST will be paid on... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | March 19, 2003 | 3:59 pm
HAUL TRUCK NEWS Syncrude Expands Fleet of Cat Trucks FORT McMURRAY, Alta. SYNCRUDE CANADA is enlarging its fleet with the purchase of six new Caterpillar 797B haul tr... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | March 19, 2003 | 3:58 pm
FILTRATION NEWS Barrick Chooses Dorr-Oliver Eimco Filters for Plutonic WESTERN AUSTRALIA BARRICK GOLD has ordered an AgiDisc filter for its Plutonic open pit and underground gold mine... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | March 19, 2003 | 3:57 pm
MINE AUTOMATION NEWS World’s Largest Underground Mine Selects Sandvik Tamrock SANTIAGO, Chile Opened in 1904, CODELCO's El Teniente copper-molybdenum producer is considered the world's larges... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | March 19, 2003 | 3:56 pm
MINING PEOPLE IN THE NEWS (March 19, 2003) Two executives have been added to the management team at WHEATON RIVER MINERALS. Russell Barwick is the new executi... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | March 19, 2003 | 3:55 pm
GOLD EXPLORATION NEWS Freehold’s Golden Summit Lives up to Name FAIRBANKS, Alaska The assays are in from the first diamond drill hole at FREEGOLD VENTURES' Golden Summit project... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | March 19, 2003 | 9:39 am
DOING SOME DIGGING Licensed Not to Kill One never knows what might cross the desk of a busy field editor. This popped up last week, and I'm not sure it's o... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | March 12, 2003 | 3:48 pm
GOLD EXPLORATION NEWS Casa Berardi Results Encouraging LA SARRE, Que. There may be life yet in the former Casa Berardi gold mines. AURIZON MINES says it is encouraged b... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | March 12, 2003 | 3:47 pm