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OIL SANDS GROWTH: Suncor targets 1-M bbl/day with help from Total E&P Canada

ALBERTA - Calgary-based Suncor Energy has announced plans to increase production to more than one 1 million bbl of oil equivalent daily by 2020. The company says it will boost oil sands production by 10% per year and company-wide production by...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | December 20, 2010 | 5:00 pm

SHAFT SINKING: DMC wins dual Jansen potash contract

SASKATCHEWAN - Toronto-based DMC Mining Services, a subsidiary of Quadra FNX Mining of Vancouver, has won the contract to sink two new mine shafts at BHP Billiton's Jansen potash project near Lanigan. The contract is worth approximately US $400...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | December 16, 2010 | 5:00 pm

CALL FOR PAPERS: Mine Closure 2011

LAKE LOUISE, Alberta - The Steering Committee for Mine Closure 2011 invites abstract submissions from persons wanting to present at an industry-leading, international conference on mine closure and reclamation. The conference will be...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | December 16, 2010 | 5:00 pm

GOLD RESOURCE: Drilling allows Marathon to make initial Valentine Lake estimate

NEWFOUNDLAND - Marathon Gold Corp. of Toronto has made the initial measured and indicated resource estimate for its Valentine Lake gold project in the central part of the province. M&I resources are 3.3 million tonnes with a grade of 2.6...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | December 16, 2010 | 5:00 pm

CORPORATE UPDATE: Agnico-Eagle future holds 1.5 million oz in 2014

TORONTO - Agnico-Eagle Mines is wrapping up a very successful 2010 and looking forward with anticipation to 2011 and beyond. The company expects gold production to increase 18% next year to between 1.13 million and 1.23 million oz of gold....

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | December 16, 2010 | 5:00 pm

Members of the cast and crew of the Xstrata Ensemble Studio School Tour production of Cinderella on an underground visit at the Raglan mine on Nov. 18, 2010. Photo: Michael Cooper.

CULTURAL DIVERSITY: Opera comes to Raglan mine

QUEBEC - Opera singers and base metal miners rarely have the opportunity to rub shoulders, but that is what happened at the Raglan nickel-copper mine in Nunavik. The mine is owned by Xstrata Nickel that also sponsors the Canadian Opera...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | December 15, 2010 | 5:00 pm

PERSPECTIVE – Greens want Olympic Dam expanded without uranium recovery

SOUTH AUSTRALIA - The Australian Greens, that country's political party of the environmental persuasion, wants BHP Billiton to expand its Olympic Dam copper-uranium-gold-silver mine but not mine the uranium component of the ore.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | December 15, 2010 | 5:00 pm

DIAMOND PROJECT: Stornoway takes full ownership of Renard

QUEBEC - Stornoway Diamond Corp. of Vancouver is buying out its partner in the Renard diamond project in the James Bay Lowlands. It is purchasing the 50% interest currently owned by Diaquem, a subsidiary of Soquem, itself a subsidiary of...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | December 15, 2010 | 5:00 pm

SMELTER UPDATES: Rio Tinto to modernize Canadian plants

MONTREAL - Rio Tinto Alcan has announced plans to update its Canadian aluminum smelters with approximately US$1.75 billion to be spent in Quebec and British Columbia.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | December 14, 2010 | 5:00 pm

REE RESOURCES: First Gold offers indicated number for Rose deposit

QUEBEC - First Gold Exploration of Laval, QC, says its Rose deposit at the Lac Pivert/Rose project in the James Bay region contains an indicated resource of 11.4 million tonnes grading 1.34% Li2O, 165 ppm Ta2O5 and 377 ppm BeO. The indicated...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | December 14, 2010 | 5:00 pm

COPPER-PGM TEST: Wallbridge prepares to bulk sample Broken Hammer in Sudbury Basin

ONTARIO - Toronto-based Wallbridge Mining has signed a bulk sampling contract with Technica Group of Lively, ON, to extract material from the Broken Hammer property on the North Range of the Sudbury Basin. Testing will confirm minability,...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | December 14, 2010 | 5:00 pm

The Boomer XE4 C equipped with an automatic rod handling system reaches all targets at the Hede-lvngen railway project.

UNDERGROUND DRILL: Copco introduces 4-boom jumbo

SWEDEN - A new four-boom drill rig developed by Atlas Copco is proving its worth at a major railway project near Gothenburg. When tunnelling contractor Veidekke won the contract to drive the tunnel, it challenged Atlas Copco to produce the...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | December 13, 2010 | 5:00 pm

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OIL SANDS GROWTH: Suncor targets 1-M bbl/day with help from Total E&P Canada

SHAFT SINKING: DMC wins dual Jansen potash contract

CALL FOR PAPERS: Mine Closure 2011

GOLD RESOURCE: Drilling allows Marathon to make initial Valentine Lake estimate

CORPORATE UPDATE: Agnico-Eagle future holds 1.5 million oz in 2014

CULTURAL DIVERSITY: Opera comes to Raglan mine

PERSPECTIVE – Greens want Olympic Dam expanded without uranium recovery

DIAMOND PROJECT: Stornoway takes full ownership of Renard

SMELTER UPDATES: Rio Tinto to modernize Canadian plants

REE RESOURCES: First Gold offers indicated number for Rose deposit

COPPER-PGM TEST: Wallbridge prepares to bulk sample Broken Hammer in Sudbury Basin

UNDERGROUND DRILL: Copco introduces 4-boom jumbo

Epiroc wins major order of battery EVs for Manitoba gold and copper mine

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