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AWARD: Ron Thiessen wins Canada-South Africa award

VANCOUVER - Ron Thiessen, president and CEO of Vancouver-based Hunter Dickinson Inc. (HDI), has been named Business Person of the Year by the Canada-Southern Africa Chamber of Business. The award recognizes a Canadian who has contributed...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | November 24, 2011 | 5:00 pm

AWARDS: Osisko tops AEMQ list of leaders

QUEBEC CITY - Osisko Mining of Montreal leads the list of winners recognized by the Quebec Minerals Exploration Association (AEMQ) at the Quebec Exploration Convention, Nov. 12-24, 2011. The Canadian Malartic gold mine belonging to the company...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | November 24, 2011 | 4:59 pm

AWARD: Volvo Powertrain double winner for booklet commemorating 50 years

HAGERSTOWN, Maryland - Volvo Powertrain recently received two awards for its commemorative booklet, capturing 50 years of developing and producing engines, transmissions and related power components for Volvo Group brands.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | November 24, 2011 | 4:58 pm

PERSPECTIVE: Safety first in action

More than 500 workers were sent home from Xstrata Nickel's Fraser and Nickel Rim South underground mines earlier this week as their employer declared a short "safety pause". The decision was made after an increasing number of minor incidents in...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | November 23, 2011 | 5:00 pm

MOLYBDENUM-COPPER EXPLORATION: First assays from MAC project are promising

BRITISH COLUMBIA - Stratton Resources of Vancouver has released the first set of assays from its MAC molybdenum-copper project 80 km northwest of Fort St. James. The best result so far is 0.123% Mo and 0.219% Cu over 93 metres. The work is...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | November 23, 2011 | 4:59 pm

MERGER: Rio Tinto gets green light for Hathor bid

GATINEAU, Quebec - The Canadian Competition Bureau has given its approval for Rio Tinto's bid to acquire all the common shares of Vancouver-based Hathor Exploration. Rio has made an all-cash offer of $4.70 per Hathor share.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | November 23, 2011 | 4:58 pm

MINERAL PROCESSING: New design boosts recovery of rare earths at Eco Ridge

ONTARIO - Pele Mountain Resources of Toronto is investigating processing changes that will boost recoveries of critical rare earth oxides (REO) at its Eco Ridge project at Elliot Lake. The company is particularly interested in maximizing...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | November 23, 2011 | 4:57 pm

GOLD EXPLORATION: Rackla drilling yields 7.33 g/t over 41 metres

YUKON - ATAC Resources of Vancouver has intersected 41.15 metres grading 7.33 g/t Au at the Conrad zone at its 100% Rackla project in the Mayo district. The company says this one of five Carlin-type exploration targets over a 4 x 3 km area...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | November 23, 2011 | 4:56 pm

COPPER-MOLYBDENUM EXPANSION: Imperial to add seven years to Huckleberry mine

BRITISH COLUMBIA - Imperial Metals of Vancouver is preparing its Main zone optimization (MZO) plan that will add seven years to the life of the Huckleberry copper-molybdenum mine 123 km south of Houston by expanding the Main zone pit and...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | November 22, 2011 | 5:00 pm

IRON DEVELOPMENT: Innu enterprise awarded contract for New Millennium construction

LABRADOR - New Millennium Iron Corp. of Calgary and Tata Steel Minerals Canada, partners at the direct shipping iron ore project, have awarded the general construction contract to an aboriginal-owned firm. Innu Municipal LP (IML) of Labrador...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | November 22, 2011 | 4:59 pm

CYANIDE CODE: Tulawaka gold mine recertified by ICMI

WASHINGTON, DC - The International Cyanide Management Institute has recertified the Tulawaka gold mine in Tanzania as substantially compliant with the International Cyanide Management Code. The mine is operated by African Barrick Gold of...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | November 22, 2011 | 4:58 pm

MINING PEOPLE IN THE NEWS: Canada Chrome, Carlisle Goldfields, Century Iron, and Golden Predator

Her Worship Chief Theresa Okimaw-Hall is the new executive director of Canada Chrome Corp., a subsidiary of KWG Resources of Montreal. She is the first female chief of the Attawapiskat First Nation and was for many years a justice of the peace...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | November 22, 2011 | 4:57 pm

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