PERSPECTIVE: Losing the social licence to operate
Mining companies often speak of having a "social licence" to operate. This reflects the willingness of local c...
Canadian Mining Journal Staff
Posts by Canadian Mining Journal Staff:
OIL SANDS TAILINGS: Suncor gets okay for TRO technology
ALBERTA - The provincial Energy Resources Conservation Board has approved Suncor Energy's use of a new approac...
GOLD EXPLORATION: Smoke Deep zone at Holloway returns good grades
ONTARIO - St Andrew Goldfields of Toronto has completed the second phase of drilling at the Smoke Deep zone in...
MANAGEMENT SYSTEM: Sandvik, Gemcom team up for underground solution
VANCOUVER - Gemcom Software International Inc. and Sandvik Mining and Construction are collaborating to develo...
NICKEL-COPPER DEVELOPMENT: Rio Tinto moves forward on sole US primary nickel producer
MICHIGAN - Rio Tinto of London, UK, has announced plans to develop a new nickel-copper mine in the United Stat...
COPPER-GOLD DEVELOPMENT: AMEC-Fluor chosen to build Mt. Milligan
BRITISH COLUMBIA - Terrane Metals of Vancouver has selected AMEC Americas and Fluor Canada to provide engineer...
NIOBIUM-TANTALUM RESOURCES: Crevier project numbers updated
QUEBEC - Higher niobium and tantalum grades and upgrading 50% of the original resource to the measured from in...
GOLD EXPLORATION: Bonanza grades and long intervals reported
MANITOBA, SASKATCHEWAN, QUEBEC and ONTARIO - For lovers of good gold assays, here are four reports that crosse...
HOT TOPIC: Did MSHA’s order cause fatal coal mine blast?
On April 5, 2010, a methane explosion tore through Massey Energy's Upper Big Branch coal mine in West Virginia...
READER COMMENT: There is nothing wrong with potash
Last week our Hot Topic asked what if anything is wrong with investing in the potash sector? Nothing is wrong,...
PERSPECTIVE: Rumour ignites feverish activity among gold bugs
Today's gold bugs might be more akin to lightning bugs - flitting here and there, flashing lights to draw atte...
MINING PEOPLE IN THE NEWS: Barkerville Gold, First Point, Golden Hope, ICMI, Kodiak Exploration and Western Coal
Joining the staff at the QR gold mine belonging to Vancouver's Barkerville Gold are mine manager Kevin L. McMu...
1911 Gold defines new areas of gold mineralization at its True North project
Vancouver-based junior explorer 1911 Gold (TSXV: AUMB; OTCBB: AUMBF) released assay results from ten drill holes for 2,222.00 metres from its surface exploration […]