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Northland gets its engines started

Northland Resources has been given the green light to get the big trucks rolling and that should mean that Sweden’s next iron mine is only weeks away from entering production.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | October 30, 2012 | 4:56 pm

PERSPECTIVE: AEMQ calls on Quebec to play by the rules

Concern is mounting within the industry as the Quebec government mulls a ban on uranium exploration. This news is creating uncertainty in Quebec’s mining industry, particularly with respect to Strateco Resources’ Matoush project in...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | October 29, 2012 | 5:00 pm

COPPER-GOLD MINING: Ming project declared in commercial production this week

NEWFOUNDLAND – Rambler Metals and Mining of Surrey, UK, is officially declaring commercial production on Nov. 1, 2012, at its Ming copper-gold mine on the Baie Verte Peninsula. The operation reached production at 85% of designed milling...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | October 29, 2012 | 4:59 pm

GRAPHITE STUDY: Lac Knife PEA unveiled

QUEBEC – Ottawa-based Focus Graphite has released the preliminary economic assessment for its Lac Knife project near Fermont. The PEA was prepared by Roscoe Postle Associates and Soutex Inc.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | October 29, 2012 | 4:58 pm

NICKEL RESOURCE: All numbers updated at Bucko Lake

MANITOBA – CaNickel Mining of Vancouver announced the results of an updated 43-101 report late last week for its Bucko Lake nickel mine and satellite properties. The project is located at Wabowden, in the Thompson Nickel Belt.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | October 29, 2012 | 4:57 pm

50TH ANNIVERSARY: Redpath celebrates half-century

The Ontario Mining Association is pleased to congratulate member JS Redpath on reaching its 50th company birthday on Oct 26, 2012. Recently, a gala event to acknowledge this milestone was held at Memorial Gardens in North Bay, which attracted...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | October 29, 2012 | 4:56 pm

Inmet, Petaquilla continue to play tug of war

VANCOUVER — In what is becoming an increasingly frosty situation, Vancouver-based companies Inmet Mining and Petaquilla Minerals continue to squabble over a potential takeover bid that would see the larger Inmet absorb its Panamanian...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | October 29, 2012 | 4:55 pm

MINERAL PROCESSING: Rare earth concentrate, yellowcake produced in bench scale tests

ONTARIO – Toronto-based Pele Mountain Resources says that recent bench scale testing of material from its Eco Ridge project in Elliot Lake has successfully produced both a rare earth carbonate concentrate and yellowcake (U3O8). The tests...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | October 24, 2012 | 4:59 pm

IRON ORE MINING: New Millennium to boost DSO output to 6 million t/y

QUEBEC – Production has just gotten underway at the DSO project near Schefferville, and already plans are being made to boost production to 6 million t/y in 2015. The project is a joint venture of New Millennium Iron Ore of Calgary (20%)...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | October 24, 2012 | 4:58 pm

SCREENER: New IROCK unit built for large, high tonnage operations

VALLEY VIEW, Ohio - IROCK Crushers now offers the TS-522 heavy duty screener. This screener, one in a line of five IROCK models, is suitable for medium- to large-scale operations and is ideal in applications such as recycling, sand and gravel,...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | October 24, 2012 | 4:57 pm

Queensland lifts ban on uranium mining

It has taken 23 years, but the state government of Queensland in Australia has finally overturned a ban on uranium mining. The prohibition on uranium processing and waste storage, however, remains in place.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | October 24, 2012 | 4:56 pm

NEW SCHOLARSHIP: MAC supports mining finance students

OTTAWA – The Mining Association of Canada (MAC) has launched a new scholarship available to Canadian university students interested in pursuing a career in mineral economics. MAC and its members established the Paul Stothart Memorial...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | October 23, 2012 | 5:00 pm

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