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AWARD: Osisko’s Denis Cimon is 2013 Mineral Processor of the Year

OTTAWA – The Canadian Mineral Processor Society named Denis Cimon of Osisko Mining Corp. its 2013 Mineral Processor of the Year at its annual meeting last month. He was honoured for his leading role in the design, development,...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | February 11, 2013 | 4:08 pm

GOLD: Orex counts more gold, high grade at Goldboro

NOVA SCOTIA – Orex Exploration of Montreal reports a 32% jump in measured and indicated ounces as well as a 20% jump in inferred gold ounces at its Goldboro project 175 km northeast of Halifax. All told, the property is estimated to...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | February 11, 2013 | 4:07 pm

IRON ORE: Sheps and Perault Lake add up to 3.58B tonnes for NML

LABRADOR – Calgary-based New Millennium Iron Corp. has received an initial resource report for its Sheps Lake and Perault Lake properties totalling 3.58 billion indicated tonnes grading 31.22% Fe using a cut-off of 18% DTWR (Davis tube...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | February 11, 2013 | 4:05 pm

AWARENESS: Redpath goes pink for breast cancer

AUSTRALIA - Mining contractor Redpath Australia is shining a much needed spotlight on breast cancer awareness this year by, for the first time, taking a bright pink excavator and pink work wear to BHP Billiton’s Cannington mine in the...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | February 11, 2013 | 4:02 pm

Quest kicks off mini-pilot plant for Strange Lake

Quest Rare Minerals, which owns the Strange Lake rare earth deposit in northern Quebec, recently held a tour of its mini-pilot plant at Process Research Ortech in Mississauga, ON, where it’s testing the solvent extraction circuit before...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | February 11, 2013 | 4:00 pm

BASE METALS & COAL: Teck reports 2012 numbers

VANCOUVER – Teck Resources says that both revenues and gross profits slipped slightly in 2012. Revenues across all business units – coal, copper, zinc and energy were $10.34 billion last year, compared to $11.51 billion in 2011, a...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | February 7, 2013 | 4:17 pm

LITHIUM: Nemaska gives green light to lithium hydroxide plant

QUEBEC – Nemaska Lithium of Quebec City has given the go ahead to phase one of a 500-t/y lithium hydroxide and carbonate process facility in Salaberry-de-Valleyfield. The $25-million budget was prepared by Met-Chem Canada to cover...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | February 7, 2013 | 4:15 pm

IRON ORE: Fire Lake PFS has $3.3 billion NPV and 30.9% IRR for West and East deposits

QUEBEC – Champion Iron Mines of Toronto says the pre-feasibility study for the West and East deposits at its Consolidated Fire Lake North project points toward a net present value (8% discount) of $3.30 billion and a pre-tax internal rate...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | February 7, 2013 | 4:14 pm

CORRECTION: World-beating alumina technology from Orbite

Several errors occurred in the original story of Feb. 5, 2013. Below is the corrected version.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | February 7, 2013 | 4:09 pm

MONITOR: Instantel Micromate checks vibration and overpressure

KANATA, Ontario - Instantel’s Micromate™, a low-cost four-channel unit, is designed to monitor and transmit event data with one triaxial geophone and one air overpressure microphone. The Micromate has been designed to withstand the...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | February 7, 2013 | 4:07 pm

McEwen grows Los Azules copper count

VANCOUVER – With 10 drill holes McEwen Mining has boosted the copper resource at its Los Azules project in Argentina by 20% compared to the last estimate just eight months ago, and the huge deposit remains open in every direction.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | February 7, 2013 | 4:04 pm

IRON ORE: Northern Iron dewatering Griffith pit

ONTARIO – Northern Iron Corp. of Vancouver has completed the winter dewatering program at the Griffith mine near Ear Falls, removing 4.0 billion litres of water from the former iron mine. Pumping will resume with the spring thaw...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | February 6, 2013 | 4:00 pm

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