Canadian Mining Journal Staff

MINERAL PROCESSING: Outotec offers partial roasting process for copper and gold treatment

FINLAND - Outotec has developed a two-stage partial roasting process to remove impurities such as arsenic, antimony and carbon from copper and gold concentrates as a pre-treatment to actual extraction processes. The process is being installed...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | January 4, 2012 | 4:57 pm

COPPER DEVELOPMENT: Inmet’s Cobre Panama gets environmental green light

PANAMA - Inmet Mining of Toronto has received approval from the Autoridad Nacional del Ambiente (ANAM), an arm of the Panamanian government, for its Cobre Panama copper project. Approval of the environmental and social impact assessment...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | January 3, 2012 | 5:00 pm

SHAFT SINKING: Redpath acquires German company

North Bay, ONTARIO - J.S. Redpath Holdings has acquired Deilmann-Haniel Shaft Sinking GmbH of Dortmund, Germany, effective Jan. 1, 2012. The German enterprise has a 120-year history of supplying specialty mining services to the industry...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | January 3, 2012 | 4:59 pm

MILESTONE: Bestech hires 100th employee

Sudbury, ONTARIO - Bestech, the Canadian engineering-automation-software-environmental company, recently passed a milestone, the hiring of its 100th employee. Nor is this the last hire. The company anticipates an additional 30% growth in its...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | January 3, 2012 | 4:58 pm

PERSPECTIVE: Is gold going to gain?

We are entering the month of January, named for the two-faced Roman god Janus who looked both backward and forward. This is the time to look back on one of this writer's predictions and ahead to what might be next for the price of gold.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | January 2, 2012 | 5:00 pm

GOLD DEVELOPMENT: Detour Lake receives federal environmental okay

ONTARIO - The federal Minister of Environment has approved the environmental assessment plans for the Detour Lake project owned by Detour Gold of Toronto. The US$992-million open pit gold mine and mill will have a production rate of...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | January 2, 2012 | 4:59 pm

NICKEL MINING: Bucko Lake reduces output

MANITOBA - Vancouver-based CaNickel Mining says the current low price of nickel is forcing it to reduce operations at its Bucko Lake nickel mine near Wabowden in the Thompson Nickel Belt. Ore production will drop to 400-500 t/d from the...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | January 2, 2012 | 4:58 pm

SOFTWARE: MineSched 7.1 released

VANCOUVER - Gemcom Software has released Gemcom MineSchedTM 7.1, the latest version of its next generation scheduling software for surface and underground mines of all types and sizes. MineSched provides mining companies with the capabilities...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | January 2, 2012 | 4:57 pm

Season’s Greetings!

See you in the New Year.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | December 21, 2011 | 5:00 pm

Redpath launches coal division

 Redpath has just announced the launch of its dedicated Australian coal mining division. The announcement coincides with Redpath Australia's first dedicated coal mining contract, a major coal drivage operation based in central Queensland.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | December 20, 2011 | 5:00 pm

The North loses a great leader

Across Northern Canada, the mining and transport industries mourn the death of John Zigarlick Jr.  One of the North's modern-day mining visionaries and builders, he died suddenly in Edmonton Dec. 17, of natural causes.  He was 74.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | December 20, 2011 | 5:00 pm

AME BC Announces 2011 Award Recipients

The Association for Mineral Exploration British Columbia (AME BC) is pleased to announce the 2011 recipients of its annual awards presented to individuals or teams for significant contributions to the mineral exploration industry in British...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | December 15, 2011 | 5:00 pm

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