WATER TREATMENT: Alexco wins additional contract in Colorado COLORADO - An environmental services subsidiary of Vancouver-headquartered Alexco Resource Corp. has been awarded a... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | July 5, 2009 | 5:00 pm
GOLD RAMP UP: Yellowjacket mine and mill hit commercial rate BRITISH COLUMBIA - Prize Mining Corp. of Calgary and Eagle Plains Resources of Cranbrook, BC, announced that ramp-u... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | July 5, 2009 | 5:00 pm
TUNGSTEN MINING: Low prices lead to CanTung suspension NORTHWEST TERRITORIES - Increased product inventory and declining tungsten prices have forced North American Tungst... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | July 5, 2009 | 5:00 pm
COPPER MINING: Unstable pit wall cuts Highland Valley output BRITISH COLUMBIA - The Highland Valley Copper operation belonging to Teck Resources of Vancouver will be forced to ... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | July 5, 2009 | 5:00 pm
CANADIAN PERSPECTIVE: The termite’s role as exploration driller Termites, those destructive creatures feared by North American homeowners, play an important role in mineral explor... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | June 30, 2009 | 5:01 pm
BLASTHOLE DRILLING: Bucyrus 49HR rig equipped for high altitude efficiency SOUTH MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin - From Bucyrus International comes news that one of its 49HR rotary blasthole drills equ... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | June 30, 2009 | 5:00 pm
GOLD DEVELOPMENT: Newmont completes Boddington acquisition AUSTRALIA - Newmont Mining Corp. of Denver has acquired the remaining one-third interest in the Boddington gold pro... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | June 30, 2009 | 5:00 pm
BASE METAL EXPLORATION: Noront recaps Ring of Fire work ONTARIO - Toronto-based Noront Resources, perhaps the most active company in the James Bay Lowlands, has provided a... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | June 30, 2009 | 5:00 pm
PLATINUM GROUP EXPLORATION: New zone discovered at Lac des Iles mine ONTARIO - North American Palladium (NAP) of Toronto has discovered a new underground platinum group metals (PGM) zo... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | June 30, 2009 | 5:00 pm
JUST CURIOUS: Tallest headframe We have had several suggestions from astute readers as to where the tallest headframe in Canada might be. I have ye... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | June 30, 2009 | 5:00 pm
HOT TOPIC: Termites as an exploration tool The examination of termite mounds in Africa and Australia has become a fruitful exploration practice. Besides termi... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | June 30, 2009 | 5:00 pm
MINING PEOPLE IN THE NEWS: Canada Lithium, Minera Andes, Platmin, Rainy River and St Andrew Goldfields Kerry Knoll, former editor of Canadian Mining Journal, has been appointed interim president and CEO at Toronto-base... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | June 28, 2009 | 5:00 pm