Canadian Mining Journal Staff

FINANCING: Noront, Baosteel ink deal for Ring of Fire projects

ONTARIO - Noront Resources of Toronto and Baosteel Resources International, owned by the Chinese government, have signed a binding term sheet for a non-brokered private placement that will put $17.4 million into Noront's treasury. The proceeds...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | May 16, 2011 | 5:00 pm

TUNNELLING: Big Becky breakthrough at Niagara hydro project

ONTARIO - Fans of large tunnel boring machines will be pleased to know that Big Becky has bored a 10.2-km tunnel below the city of Niagara Falls. Breakthrough occurred on Friday, May 13, 2011. With a cutter head of 14.4 metres, this is one of...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | May 16, 2011 | 5:00 pm

MINING PEOPLE IN THE NEWS: Rockwell Diamonds, Ryan Gold, Treasury Metals and Yellowhead Mining

Rockwell Diamonds of Vancouver has named James Campbell as president and CEO, effective June 1, 2011. He is a former VP of Lucara Diamond and managing director of African Diamonds, following a 20-year-plus career at De Beers.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | May 12, 2011 | 5:00 pm

GOLD EXPLORATION: Elder mine dewatering begins

QUEBEC - Dewatering of the former Elder gold mine 10 km northwest of Rouyn-Noranda began early in May 2011, announced owner Abcourt Mines of Mount St. Hilaire, QC. The company estimates that it will have to pump out 818,280 litres water over...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | May 12, 2011 | 5:00 pm

PERSPECTIVE: A case study in environmental resolution

March hares and hatters both have reputations as "mad." I'm not sure what gets into March hares, but the madness of hat makers in years gone by was their exposure to mercury. The heavy metal was used in the manufacture of felt hats 150 years...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | May 12, 2011 | 5:00 pm

URANIUM EXPLORATION: Roughrider Far East zone assays over 3% uranium oxide

SASKATCHEWAN - Hathor Exploration of Vancouver has all of the assay results of its winter 2011 drill program at the Roughrider uranium deposit on the eastern edge of the Athabasca Basin, and the company says the Far East discovery is worthy of...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | May 11, 2011 | 5:00 pm

COPPER-GOLD EXPLORATION: Drilling suggests underground potential at Mount Polley

BRITISH COLUMBIA - Vancouver-based Imperial Metals Corp. has reported both surface and underground drilling results from the Mount Polley open pit copper-gold mine 100 km east of Williams Lake.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | May 11, 2011 | 5:00 pm

FLUORSPAR STUDY: Positive PFS for St. Lawrence project

NEWFOUNDLAND - Canada Fluorspar of Toronto has received a positive preliminary feasibility study and 43-101 report for its St. Lawrence fluorspar project on the southern tip of the Burin Peninsula. The company is reopening the underground mine,...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | May 11, 2011 | 5:00 pm

TRAINING COURSE: Slurry pumping from GIW

GROVETOWN, Georgia - GIW Industries, a leading designer and manufacturer of heavy duty centrifugal slurry pumps, is co-sponsoring a new Web-based course covering every aspect of slurry pumping. The other sponsor of the course is USF Polytechnic...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | May 10, 2011 | 5:00 pm

MINING PEOPLE IN THE NEWS: Axmin, BHP Billiton, Forbes & Manhattan Coal, International Tower Hill and Northern Freegold

Toronto-based Axmin Inc. has named Graham Hill to the position of COO. The company is developing the Passendro gold mine in the Central African Republic.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | May 10, 2011 | 5:00 pm

COPPER MINING: Vale and Xstrata join forces at Fraser mine

ONTARIO - At long last Vale and Xstrata are joining forces. Thanks to the high cost of copper, Vale has identified a particular zone it wants to recover, but the area is directly accessible only through Xstrata's Fraser mine near Sudbury....

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | May 10, 2011 | 5:00 pm

ELECTRIC DRIVE: Siemens technology in Hitachi trucks

TLANTA, Georgia - Siemens Industry has won its largest mobile mining order from Hitachi Construction Truck Machinery to provide 50 more EH4500 trucks equipeed with Siemens' AC drive technology. The trucks will be delivered to Indonesian-based...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | May 9, 2011 | 5:00 pm

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