GOLD EXPLORATION: Goldcorp updates plans
VANCOUVER — Having spent $110 million on various exploration projects this year, Goldcorp experienced su...
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HOT TOPIC: Foreign ownership of Canadian resources (November 25, 2009)
Foreign ownership of Canadian mineral resources has been hotly debated for decades. With an American company, ...
CANADIAN PERSPECTIVE: Calling in the (American) cavalry
In mid-October 2009 Noront Resources of Toronto launched an all-share, $90-million takeover bid for Freewest R...
MINING PEOPLE IN THE NEWS: HudBay, Inca Pacific, New Nadina and Western Coal
HudBay Minerals of Toronto has announced the retirement of Peter R. Jones, effective Dec. 31, 2009, from the d...
MERGER: Goldcorp to acquire Canplats
VANCOUVER — Goldcorp is making plans to acquire all of the outstanding common shares of Canplats Resourc...
CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY: PDAC opposes Bill C-300
OTTAWA — The Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) urged the Foreign Affairs and Inter...
ENVIRONMENT: New GARD Guide tackles acid drainage
SWEDEN — The Global Acid Rock Drainage (GARD) Guide was launched at the Eighth International Conference ...
TAILS REPROCESSING: Gowganda silver project under discussion
ONTARIO — BacTech Mining and Temex Resources (both of Toronto) are discussing the possibility of BacTech...
COPPER MINING: World’s largest copper producer to get bigger
CHILE — BHP Billiton has received approval from the Chilean government to go ahead with the US$3.25-bill...
NICKEL MINING: Production halted for development at Bucko Lake
MANITOBA — Production at Canada's newest nickel producer, the Bucko Lake mine belonging to Toronto's Cro...
OIL SANDS SPENDING: Suncor plans $5.5B capital budget for 2010
CALGARY — Suncor Energy has announced capital spending plans of $5.5 billion in 2010. The amount is earm...
CANADIAN PERSPECTIVE: Canadian miners face more taxes
(News of higher taxes is no more welcome in the mining industry than anywhere else. Now a new study prepared b...
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 […]