ALUMINUM SMELTING: Rio Tinto Alcan arranges $175M loan from Quebec
QUEBEC - Rio Tinto Alcan of Montreal has been granted a $175-million loan from the government of Quebec to further ...
Canadian Mining Journal Staff
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READER COMMENTS: More thoughts on the Ontario Mining Act
"The plan to set up a new tier of administration of exploration in the north with required consultation, exploratio...
CANADIAN PERSPECTIVE: Where Ontario’s new Mining Act fails Aboriginal communities
Not only the prospectors in the province are dissatisfied with parts of the new Ontario Mining Act, but the Aborigi...
GOLD DEVELOPMENT: At long last Pascua-Lama gets nod
TORONTO - On May 7, 2009, Barrick Gold announced that it will proceed with development of its Pascua-Lama project t...
INDUSTRY SUPPORT: Feds pledge millions for mineral industry
TORONTO - This is Mining Week in Canada (May 11 to 17) and also the annual meeting of the Canadian Institute of Min...
READER COMMENT: “Mining” act?
"I have a quibble with the impressions left from your recent article on the revisions to the Ontario Mining Act," w...
HOT TOPIC: How strongly do you support the proposed changes to the Ontario Mining Act?
Last week's question concerning the level of support for Ontario's new Mining Act has been interesting. The longer ...
CANADIAN PERSPECTIVE: Where Ontario’s new Mining Act fails the industry
I had a lengthy and most interesting phone call from Michael Leahy last week concerning the proposed changes to the...
MINING IN BRITISH COLUMBIA: Records broken in 2008
VANCOUVER - The British Columbia mining industry posted record financial results in 2008, according to a Pricewater...
MERGER: Denison to swallow Northern Continental
TORONTO - Northern Continental Resources of Vancouver has agreed to a friendly takeover by Toronto-based Denison Mi...
DEBT REDUCTION: Teck announces pricing of notes
VANCOUVER - Teck Resources has its senior secured notes at a total of US$4.225 billion. It plans to raise US$1.3 bi...
MINING PEOPLE IN THE NEWS: Denison, Geodex, Golden Band, Siemens and Tamerlane
Chairman Lukas H. Lundin has been named interim CEO at Toronto's Denison Mines following the retirement of Peter Fa...
JB Aviation supports mining sector in challenging economic times
Quebec-based JB Aviation Services (JBAS) is reaffirming its commitment to Canada’s mining companies in an uncertain time posed by potential U.S. tariffs that may […]