FEASIBILITY STUDY: Pine Point redevelopment to cost $114 million NORTHWEST TERRITORIES TAMERLANE VENTURES of Blaine, Washington, has a positive bankable feasibility study and 43-... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | September 17, 2008 | 5:00 pm
OIL SANDS DEVELOPMENT: Fort Hills costs jump 50% over 2007 estimate ALBERTA The cost of completing the Fort Hills oil sands development 90 km north of Fort McMurray has jumped 50% f... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | September 17, 2008 | 5:00 pm
URANIUM EXPLORATION: North Thelon grades as high as 7.55% U3O8 NUNAVUT The assays are back from the North Thelon project belonging to BAYSWATER URANIUM of Vancouver, and the be... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | September 17, 2008 | 5:00 pm
PROCESS EQUIPMENT: Kinecor buys division of Weir TORONTO KINECOR has offered to pay $25.4 million for the Process Equipment Division of WEIR CANADA, subject to re... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | September 17, 2008 | 5:00 pm
GOLD DEVELOPMENT: Timmins West ramp begun, shaft on schedule ONTARIO LAKE SHORE GOLD of Toronto has begun driving a ramp from surface to the 400 level at its 100%-owned Timmi... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | September 17, 2008 | 5:00 pm
GOLD RESOURCE: First ever 43-101 report from Simkar QUEBEC MEGASTAR DEVELOPMENT of Vancouver has released what it says are the first 43-101-compliant resource number... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | September 17, 2008 | 5:00 pm
CANADIAN MINING PERSPECTIVES: Election overshadows successful ministers’ meeting Prime Minister Stephen Harper's call for a federal election on Oct. 14 was hardly a surprise. His Conservative part... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | September 14, 2008 | 5:00 pm
IRON ORE MINING: Rio Tinto to pour millions into IOC LABRADOR and QUEBEC Strong prices and a positive market outlook have IRON ORE COMPANY OF CANADA partners planning... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | September 14, 2008 | 5:00 pm
MINE CLOSING: Copper Rand to close by year-end QUEBEC Montreal's CAMPBELL RESOURCES has announced that mining at its 100%-owned Copper Rand copper-gold mine nea... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | September 14, 2008 | 5:00 pm
MINING PEOPLE IN THE NEWS: Esperanza Silver, Fission Energy, Foran, Global Uranium, Lake Shore Gold, Red Metal, WSR Gold and Xtierra George Elliot has agreed to join the board of Vancouver's ESPERANZA SILVER CORP. He served as chairman and CEO of T... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | September 14, 2008 | 5:00 pm
COPPER COMBINATION: Sherwood, Capstone make plans VANCOUVER SHERWOOD COPPER and CAPSTONE MINING have entered into a letter of agreement to combine their businesses... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | September 14, 2008 | 5:00 pm
DEBT SECURITIES: Barrick sells notes worth US$1.25 billion TORONTO BARRICK GOLD plans to issue US$1.25 billion in debt securities underwritten by a syndicate led by Morgan ... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | September 14, 2008 | 5:00 pm