Canadian Mining Journal Staff

Monica Ospina: How to create a local procurement strategy

Whether it is the cold of the Canadian north, the jungles of Africa or the deserts of Australia, a company seeking to extract minerals must develop a corporate social responsibility strategy or risk vocal and sometimes violent opposition to its...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | February 25, 2014 | 4:13 pm

GOLD: KLG drills 50+ oz per ton at Macassa

ONTARIO – Kirkland Lake Gold reports that surface drill hole AB-13-108 assayed 1,718.06 g/t Au – a whopping 50.11 oz per ton – over 0.6 metres true width at the Macassa property, west of the South Claims boundary, near the...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | February 25, 2014 | 4:12 pm

IRON ORE: Tata pumps up DSO resources by 23%

QUEBEC – Tata Steel Minerals Canada, a joint venture of Calgary's New Millennium Iron Corp. (20%) and India's Tata Steel (80%), has increased indicated resources at its DSO project by 23.45%. The 2012 drill program consisted of 28 holes...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | February 25, 2014 | 4:10 pm

TRAINING: AMTA broadens mandate across BC

VANCOUVER – The Aboriginal Mentoring and Training Association (AMTA), formerly the BC Aboriginal Mines Training Assn., is making its workforce development solution available to resource sector industries across British Columbia. This move...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | February 25, 2014 | 4:07 pm

WEBSITE: Open a dialog with Quebec miners at MinesQC.com

MONTREAL – The communication fund of the Quebec mining industry, Minalliance, created www.MinesQC.com, an online dialog and information platform aimed at bringing together the general public and Quebec's mining industry.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | February 25, 2014 | 4:03 pm

Centerra posts strong Q4, unveils Oksut PEA

VANCOUVER — Producer Centerra Gold (TSX: CG) has been making headlines due to its negotiation with the Kyrgyzstani government over the ownership structure at its flagship Kumtor gold mine 350 km due southeast of the capital Bishkek, but...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | February 25, 2014 | 4:01 pm

NICKEL: Celebration marks opening of Vale’s Totten mine in Sudbury

ONTARIO – Vale celebrated what its calls its first new mine near Sudbury in over 40 years – the 2,200-t/d underground Totten nickel-copper mine – last Friday, Feb. 21, 2014. Ontario's premier Kathleen Wynne, the federal...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | February 24, 2014 | 4:14 pm

COMMENT: Smuggling diamonds into Canada?

Pity the poor, misguided woman who was caught last week trying to smuggle diamonds into Canada. The Canada Border Services Agency stopped a foreign woman when she attempted to enter the country at Pearson International Airport. Over 1,500 ct of...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | February 24, 2014 | 4:13 pm

MERGER: Augusta board says “no” to Hudbay offer

TORONTO – The board of Augusta Resource Corp. unanimously recommends that its shareholders reject the unsolicited takeover offer from Hudbay Minerals. Earlier this month, Hudbay offered to acquire all the issued and outstanding common...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | February 24, 2014 | 4:10 pm

BACKFILL: Victaulic offers new diverter valve for paste fill systems

EASTON, Pennsylvania – Victaulic, the world's leading manufacturer of mechanical pipe joining systems, introduces the Series 725 diverter valve, the industry’s first grooved-end valve designed specifically for paste backfill lines....

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | February 24, 2014 | 4:07 pm

Trevali transitions from developer to producer in Peru

It took Trevali Mining (TSX: TV; US-OTC: TREVF) just six months to move its Santander zinc-lead-silver mine in Peru from commissioning to commercial production this week, and now the Vancouver-based company says it’s ready to focus on the...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | February 24, 2014 | 4:05 pm

COMMENT: Chamber of Commerce wades into Ring of Fire debate

TORONTO – The Ontario Chamber of Commerce has produced a report trumpeting the tens of billions of dollars in economic activity that mineral development in the Ring of Fire could generate. In the first 10 years alone, projects will...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | February 20, 2014 | 4:37 pm

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