DIAMOND EXPLORATION – Stornoway boosts Aviat interest to 90%
NUNAVUT - STORNOWAY DIAMOND CORP. of Vancouver has bought out BHP BILLITON's 14% interest in the Aviat diamond proj...
Canadian Mining Journal Staff
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MINING PEOPLE IN THE NEWS – Baja Mining, Creston Moly, Darnley Bay, Midlands Minerals, Northland, Pan American Silver and Sprott
The new chairman of Vancouver's BAJA MINING is Tom Ogryzlo, who has been a director of the company since 2005. A gr...
NEW GOLD MINE – Goldcorp pours first gold at Peasquito
MEXICO - Vancouver-based GOLDCORP has poured its first gold at the Peasquito project in Zacatecas. Once commercial...
MINING IMPACT – New law needed to protect boreal forests
SEATTLE, Washington - The INTERNATIONAL BOREAL CONSERVATION CAMPAIGN (IBCC) has released its report on "Mining Expl...
COAL PRICE – Fording, Western Canadian set 2008 prices
CALGARY and VANCOUVER Two of Canada's coal producers have announced a large jump in metallurgical coal prices for...
NEW NICKEL MINE – FNX declares commercial production at Podolsky
ONTARIO - Toronto's FNX MINING officially declared commercial production at the Podolsky nickel mine near Sudbury o...
NEW SILVER MINE – Coeur commissions world’s largest in Bolivia
BOLIVIA - COEUR D'ALENE MINES, with offices in the Idaho city of the same name, has begun commissioning its San Bar...
COPPER EXPANSION – Gibraltar mill capacity growing again
BRITISH COLUMBIA - The directors of Vancouver's TASEKO MINES have approved the third phase of expansion at the comp...
NEW GOLD MINE – Agnico’s Goldex pours first bullion
QUEBEC - The Goldex mine belonging to AGNICO-EAGLE MINES of Toronto poured its first dor bar on May 7, 2008. Stock...
CANADIAN MINING JOURNAL: Rights in this country need closer look, as well
On Thursday, May 14, we shared with our readers some of the thoughts that Cristina Pekarik had about protecting the...
NEW POLL – Does the general public understand mining?
Several parts of Canada are celebrating Mining Week this week, when the mining industry makes special efforts to pr...
CORRECTION – Ammonium sulphate, not nitrate
We stand corrected by a sharp-eyed fan who read the CMJ May issue about the oil sands industry. He is Peter Kabatek...
Fortune Bay to start drilling at the Murmac uranium project this March
Fortune Bay (TSXV: FOR; OTCQB: FTBYF) – an exploration and mining development company – announced winter drill targets for the Murmac uranium project, […]