Canadian Mining Journal Staff

IRON ORE: Cap-Ex’s Block 103 hosts 7.8B tonnes at 29% Fe

LABRADOR – Vancouver's Cap-Ex Iron Ore is looking into the Block 103 iron ore property in western Labrador and undoubtedly seeing it as a potentially important pellet producer. The recent preliminary economic assessment put the inferred...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | June 27, 2013 | 4:04 pm

AGREEMENT: Northcliff, Woodstock First Nation ink deal

NEW BRUNSWICK - Northcliff Resources is has signed a process agreement with the Woodstock First Nation for the Sisson tungsten-molybdenum project 60 km northwest of Fredericton. The project is in the advanced exploration phase, and a...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | June 27, 2013 | 4:02 pm

MINING PEOPLE: Arianne Phosphate, Colt Resources, Goldgroup, Primero, and Teck

Brian Kenny is appointed CEO of Arianne Phosphate in Saguenay, QC, as of July 3, 2013. He is a seasoned project development executive, having most recently overseen the development and completion of the $7-billion EMAL smelter project in Abu...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | June 27, 2013 | 4:00 pm

STOPE DESIGN: Vulcan Stop Optimiser a “killer app”

Steve Uecker, Maptek's client experience manager, posted the following blog on May 29, 2013.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | June 27, 2013 | 3:59 pm

TNM editorial: Building glass mines

The following article is reprinted with permission from CMJ's sister publication The Northern Miner.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | June 27, 2013 | 3:57 pm

COMMENT: Gold drops to three-year low

For years I was optimistic about the price of gold. It rose steadily as investors welcomed the 21st Century. I watched as it continued to creep upwards despite the financial meltdown of 2008. In September 2011 when the price was pushing...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | June 26, 2013 | 4:02 pm

PRECIOUS METALS: Hudbay pockets $125M from Silver Wheaton

TORONTO – Hudbay Minerals has received a deposit payment of US$125 million from Silver Wheaton Corp. The money is part of a previously announced US$750 million precious metals stream transaction.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | June 26, 2013 | 4:00 pm

SILVER: Treasure Mountain operations suspended

BRITISH COLUMBIA – Vancouver-based Huldra Silver has put its Treasure Mountain silver-zinc mine and Merritt mill on care and maintenance due to "market factors." The company said it does not have the funds to both continue mining and...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | June 26, 2013 | 3:58 pm

GOLD: Coventry digs up 43-101 for Dogpaw

ONTARIO – Coventry Resources of Vancouver has filed the 43-101 report for its Dogpaw gold deposit 80 km southeast of Kenora. The Dogpaw deposit contains 259,000 indicated tonnes at 2.99 g/t Au and 158,000 inferred tonnes at 2.71 g/t Au...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | June 26, 2013 | 3:52 pm

MILL EQUIPMENT: Weir launches new Enduron line

AUSTRALIA - Weir Minerals is offering its new Enduron® line of comminution equipment, including crushers, screens and feeders for the mining, sand and aggregate industries.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | June 26, 2013 | 3:51 pm

Rio Tinto to stay in the diamond business

Rio Tinto (RIO-N, RIO-L) has decided to hang onto its diamond assets after all, concluding a strategic review of the business that the miner began in March 2012.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | June 26, 2013 | 3:49 pm

COMMENT: Tough times have miners shedding jobs

These are tough times for miners. The effects are being felt on many fronts. Commodity prices are softening for metals, coal, potash and more. Junior miners have been having an increasingly difficult time raising exploration money. And now...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | June 25, 2013 | 4:13 pm

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