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GOLD-COPPER STUDY: Design revised for KSM project

BRITISH COLUMBIA - Toronto-based Seabridge Gold has revised and improved the design of its proposed KSM gold-copper mine 65 km northwest of Stewart, and completion of a new preliminary feasibility study is scheduled for April 2012.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | December 1, 2011 | 5:00 pm

ALUMINUM SMELTING: Kitimat modernization to cost $3.3-B

BRITISH COLUMBIA - The board of Rio Tinto has approved the final US$2.7 billion for the modernization of the Kitimat aluminum smelter in the town of the same name. The project, with a total cost of US$3.3 billion, will boost production 48% to...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | December 1, 2011 | 4:59 pm

GOLD EXPLORATION: San Gold extends L10 zone at depth

MANITOBA - San Gold Corp. of Winnipeg says recent drilling demonstrates the robust widths and grades within the L10 zone at its Rice Lake mining complex at Bissett. Hole 11-114 cut 27.0 g/t Au over 5.0 metres at a depth of 416 metres and drill...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | December 1, 2011 | 4:58 pm

DIAMOND MINING: BHP Billiton reviews its involvement

BHP Billiton has announced plans to review its involvement in the diamond mining business. The company has an 80% interest in the Ekati mine (Canada's first diamond producer) at Lac de Gras, NWT, and a 51% interest in the Chidliak...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | November 30, 2011 | 5:00 pm

GUEST PERSPECTIVE: Why we need more women in mining jobs

Mining industry studies have helped Skills Canada Ontario and Women in Nuclear (WIN) produce a book designed to get more women involved into less traditional working roles. "Women Working in the Skilled Trades and Technologies: Myths &...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | November 29, 2011 | 5:00 pm

GOLD EXPLORATION: Courageous Lake expands with discovery of new gold zone

NORTHWEST TERRITORIES - Seabridge Gold of Toronto has drilled a significant expansion of Zone 8 at its Courageous Lake gold project 240 km northeast of Yellowknife. The best assay of the last holes drilled was 8.44 g/t over 4.5 metres in Hole...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | November 29, 2011 | 4:59 pm

MINERAL PROCESSING: Manganese recovery reaches 96% from Buchans’ Plymouth deposit

NEW BRUNSWICK - Buchans Minerals of Windsor, NS, says that using a reducing acid leach can recover 96% of the manganese in samples from its Plymouth manganese property near Woodstock. The bench-scale tests were carried out by Thibault &...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | November 29, 2011 | 4:58 pm

EDUCATION: Special MBA for miners offered at Schulich School of Business

TORONTO - The Schulich School of Business at York University is launching an MBA specialization in the mining industry in Toronto, the mining equity financing capital of the world.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | November 28, 2011 | 5:00 pm

Deloitte report: Ten global challenges facing Canadian miners

The researchers at Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Ltd. have released their latest analysis of the Top 10 trends expected to impact the mining sector at an accelerated rate in the year ahead. Tracking the trends 2012 outlines a more complex world and...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | November 28, 2011 | 5:00 pm

DONATION: $10-M gift from Bharti is largest in Laurentian history

SUDBURY, Ontario - Stan Bharti, chairman and CEO of Forbes & Manhattan and other companies, has made a $10-million gift to Laurentian University's School of Engineering. Bharti's gift will be invested in an endowment to the exclusive use of...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | November 28, 2011 | 4:59 pm

ASBESTOS MINING: Canadian mines suspended

QUEBEC - For the first time in 130 years, no one is mining asbestos in Canada. Mining is suspended at both producers. The Jeffrey underground mine is awaiting a $58-million loan guarantee from the provincial government. Plans to resume...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | November 28, 2011 | 4:58 pm

MINING PEOPLE IN THE NEWS: Avalon Rare Metals, Black Iron and Sherritt

Avalon Rare Metals of Toronto has named Mark Wiseman to the position of VP sustainability. He is a graduate of the University of Guelph with a BSc in zoology and later obtained his MBA at Laurentian University in Sudbury. Most recently, he...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | November 28, 2011 | 4:57 pm

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