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Canadian Mining Journal Staff
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MINERAL PROCESSING: Alumina plant in Cap-Chat going commercial
QUEBEC – Orbite Aluminae of Montreal has begun construction of is high purity alumina (HPA) production plant in Cap-Chat. The company has successfully run a pilot plant at the site, and now it will spend between $26 million and $30...
ENVIRONMENT: Impact review not needed for Prairie Creek mine
NORTHWEST TERRITORIES – Canadian Zinc Corp. of Vancouver has received word from the federal minister of Aboriginal affairs and northern development has confirmed that an environmental impact review will not be required for the...
MINERAL PROCESSING: Improvements to CTL process boost TiO2 recovery to 99%
ONTARIO – Argex Mining of Montreal says it has made a breakthrough in the iron recovery circuit at its CTL (named for Argex subsidiary Canadian Titanium Ltd.) pilot plant in Mississauga. Continued process improvements on solvent...
COPPER-NICKEL EXPLORATION: Mustang drills high grade zone at Mayville
MANITOBA – Toronto-based Mustang Minerals reports that it has drilled 3.0 metres of 2.95% Cu and 0.55% Ni in the M2 zone at the Mayville property 150 km northeast of Winnipeg. Two holes drilled in the zone extended mineralization at depth...
MINING PEOPLE IN THE NEWS: Castle Resources, Queenston, and Tyhee Gold
As it works to reopen the Granduc copper mine in British Columbia, Castle Resources of Toronto has hired Natasha Essar as VP of environment and permitting. She is an environmental professional with 15 years' experience working on resource...
Balmoral accelerates the hunt in the Abitibi
Balmoral Resources’ hunt for a third elephant in close proximity to the Detour gold mine and the Canadian Malartic mine continues with its latest assays results.
GOLD MINING: Lake Shore to cut capex $15M to $20M
ONTARIO – Lake Shore Gold of Toronto will cut its 2012 capital spending budget by $15 million to $20 million. The company assured investors that the cutback would not affect this year’s target to produce between 85,000 and 100,000...
GOLD EXPLORATION: Wesdome updates drilling at Kiena
QUEBEC – Toronto’s Wesdome Gold Mines is drilling high grades during the underground program at its Kiena gold mine in Val d’Or. At the Dubuisson North zone assays were 16.75 g/t over 12.5 metres, 10.65 g/t over 4.3 metres and...
MINERAL PROCESSING: Toll milling Halfmile ore creates good quality concentrates
NEW BRUNSWICK – A 30,000-tonne sample of ore from the Halfmile Zn-Pb-Cu mine demonstrated excellent flotation characteristics, good metal recoveries and quality concentrates when custom treated at Xstrata’s Brunswick concentrator....
Is uranium set for a turnaround?
Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda of Japan recently declared that Japanese society “won’t function” without nuclear power, according to the online edition of the Daily Yomiuri newspaper.
TUNGSTEN MINING: Road washouts threaten CanTung mine
NORTHWEST TERRITORIES – Significant washouts caused by heavy precipitation and rapid snow melt on the Nahanni Range Road has North American Tungsten of Vancouver planning to temporarily reduce or even curtail operations at the CanTung...
NiCAN and Nisichawayasihk Cree sign agreement to advance permitting for Pipy project
NiCAN (TSXV: NICN; OTCQB: NILTF) and Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation (NCN) signed an exploration agreement to advance the Pipy project in Thompson, Manitoba. NiCAN […]