OPEN PIT EQUIPMENT: Hitachi expands with Wenco interest
TOKYO - In a bid to expand its mining business, Hitachi Construction Machinery has purchased a significant interest...
Canadian Mining Journal Staff
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COAL RESOURCES: Compliance Energy boosts Raven underground numbers
BRITISH COLUMBIA - Compliance Energy Corp. of Vancouver has been updating its Raven coal resource from inferred to ...
GOLD STUDY: Young-Davidson pre-feasibility positive
ONTARIO - Vancouver's Northgate Minerals says the results of the pre-feasibility study on the Young-Davidson gold p...
GOLD RESOURCES: Rainy River counts 4M oz in northwest Ontario
ONTARIO - Rainy River Resources of Vancouver has filed a 43-101 report on its wholly owned project 80 km south of K...
NICKEL EXPLORATION: High grades drilled at new Bucko mine
MANITOBA - Toronto-based Crowflight Minerals has recovered grades as high as 5.24% Ni during exploratory drilling f...
HOT TOPIC: Summer jobs outlook
This week I was wondering how many summer jobs are out there in Canada's mining industry. Has your operation or off...
CANADIAN PERSPECTIVE: Vale Inco, Steelworkers settle in for long strike in Sudbury
The history of labour negotiations in Sudbury is long and adversarial. When talks broke down between Inco and the l...
MINING PEOPLE IN THE NEWS: Geologix, Ivanhoe/SouthGobi, Kodiak, Lions Gate and Pricewaterhouse
Vancouver-headquartered Geologix Explorations has a new VP corporate development, Steven S. McRoberts. He has nearl...
ASSET SALE: Rio Tinto sells Alcan packaging unit for $1.2B
LONDON, United Kingdom - Rio Tinto has signed an agreement to sell its Alcan Packaging Food Americas division to Be...
TRANSPORTATION: Teck secures cuts to rail costs
VANCOUVER - Arbitration has secured lower rail freight rates with Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) for Teck Resources....
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: Quebec publishes mineral strategy
QUEBEC - Serge Simard, Quebec minister for natural resources and wildlife, unveiled on June 29, 2009, Quebec's firs...
GOLD MINING: Paste fill problem slows production for Kirkland Lake Gold
ONTARIO - An "unexpected obstruction" blocked the paste fill borehole above Level 34 of the Macassa gold mine on Ju...
Efficient shaft revitalization with remote controlled demolition equipment
The benefits of robotic equipment have long been understood in mining applications. However, common mining robots tend to be cumbersome and highly […]