Canadian Mining Journal Staff

DEMERGER: BHP Billiton shareholders vote 98% to launch South32

PERTH, Australia and LONDON, UK – Shareholders of BHP Billiton have voted 98.05% in favour of the proposed demerger, launching the new company South32.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | May 6, 2015 | 4:09 pm

ENGINE: Near zero NOx emissions ISL G natural gas version

VANCOUVER – Cummins Westport (CWI) announced it will begin field tests this year in California in transit buses with a spark ignited natural gas engine capable of producing near zero NOx emissions well before the 2023 California near zero...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | May 6, 2015 | 4:07 pm

Northern Empire rises again with an eye on Alaskan gold

VANCOUVER — The management team at Northern Empire Resources (TSXV: NM; US-OTC: PSPGF) believe it’s an opportune time to get back into the project generation game, and that the early stage Richardson gold project in...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | May 6, 2015 | 4:05 pm

COSTS: Northern mines twice as expensive: new study

OTTAWA - A new study entitled Levelling the Playing Field reveals the cost to explore and build new mines is as much as 2.5 times higher in northern Canada, largely as a result of a lack of critical infrastructure. This is creating major...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | May 5, 2015 | 4:32 pm

COAL: Fortune sells Arctos licences to BC Rail

BRITISH COLUMBIA – Fortune Minerals of London, ON, and partner POSCO Canada have sold their joint venture interest in the Arctos anthracite project to BC Rail for the sum of $18.3 million. The deposit is located in the Klappan area, 150...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | May 5, 2015 | 4:30 pm

COPPER: Taseko improves Gibraltar economics

BRITISH COLUMBIA – The updated mine plan for the Gibraltar copper-molybdenum mine 65 km north of Williams Lake features a 50% decrease in the strip ratio, says owner Taseko Mines of Vancouver. The new plan is the result of six months of...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | May 5, 2015 | 4:28 pm

SOFTWARE: Minestis makes resource estimates, modeling fast

AVON, France – Geovariances has launched Minestis, its new software solution dedicated to mineral resource estimation.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | May 5, 2015 | 4:27 pm

BCGS presents game-changer for explorers in NW Stikine

VANCOUVER — Geologists Jeff Kyba and Joanne Nelson from the British Columbia Geological Survey may have unlocked the secret to world class porphyry and intrusion related gold-copper deposits in northwestern B.C.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | May 5, 2015 | 4:26 pm

TRAINING: Federal government backs surface miner course in NT

NORTHWEST TERRITORIES – The federal government is putting money into the new surface miner training program development project operated by the Northwest Territories Miner Training Society and Aurora College. The new program will begin...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | May 4, 2015 | 4:15 pm

NICKEL: Charges laid in deaths at Lockerby mine in 2014

ONTARIO – The Ontario Ministry of Labour has laid a total of 13 charges in the May 6, 2014, deaths of Marc Methe, 34, and Norm Bisaillon, 49, in the underground Lockerby nickel-copper mine near Sudbury.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | May 4, 2015 | 4:14 pm

GOLD: Exploration plans at 144 and Bell Creek grow for 2015

ONTARIO – Toronto's Lake Shore Gold Corp. has boosted its 2015 exploration program near Timmins with expanded exploration at the 144 Gap zone, a new program at the 144 Trend, and new underground exploration at the Bell Creek complex....

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | May 4, 2015 | 4:12 pm

PUMP: New high capacity Multitec models from KSB

MISSISSAUGA, Ontario – KSB has extended the range of its Multitec family of pumps for the Canadian market with new high capacity models that deliver flow rates of up to 850 m3/h and delivered heads as high as 390 metres. The new models...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | May 4, 2015 | 4:10 pm

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