BASE METAL MINING – Breakwater sets 2008 capex spending at $105M
TORONTO - BREAKWATER RESOURCES has plans to spend $105.4 million on capital projects at the company's operations.
Canadian Mining Journal Staff
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CANADIAN MINING PERSPECTIVES: PDAC winners deserve attention
As the PROSPECTORS AND DEVELOPERS OF CANADA (PDAC) wound down its convention last week, it took time to honour the ...
GOLD MINING – Update on QR mine reopening
BRITISH COLUMBIA - The QR gold mine and mill were restarted in November 2007. The owner, CROSS LAKE MINERALS of Van...
ACQUISITION – Western Canadian Coal completes Falls Mountain deal
VANCOUVER - WESTERN CANADIAN COAL has signed a definitive agreement with CAMBRIAN MINING of London, U.K., for the s...
SPILL – Blue Note to plead guilty
NEW BRUNSWICK - BLUE NOTE MINING of Montreal has been charged with the release of a contaminant detrimental to the ...
MINING PEOPLE IN THE NEWS – Athabasca Potash, Northern Freegold, Skye Resources, Slam Exploration, True North Gems and Western Warrior
Bradley V.A. Fettis has joined the team at ATHABASCA POTASH of Saskatoon, Sask., as its chief mine development engi...
DIAMOND EXPLORATION – Rare purple diamonds found in James Bay
QUEBEC - METALEX VENTURES of Kelowna, B.C., and its partners DIANOR RESOURCES and WEMINDJI EXPLORATION have unearth...
OPINION POLL More readers weigh in on Aboriginal rights
We have received many responses to our poll question concerning Aboriginal rights over the development of their lan...
SULPHATE PLANT – BioteQ process to produce clean water
CHILE - Molybdenos y Metalles SA has signed an agreement with Vancouver-based BIOTEQ ENVIRONMENT TECHNOLOGIES for t...
BASE METAL STUDY – New open pit possible at Fon deposit
SASKATCHEWAN - MURGOR RESOURCES of Montreal has outlined a potential new open pit mine at its Fon deposit 40 km wes...
COPPER RESOURCES – Quebrada Blanca holds 1B tonnes of hypogene
CHILE - Continued drilling of the primary sulphide mineralization (hypogene) deposit at Quebrada Blanca in the nort...
ENGINEERING – AMEC wins Rocanville potash contract
SASKATCHEWAN - Saskatoon's AMEC has been awarded the engineering contract for the expansion of POTASH CORP. OF SASK...
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, […]