CANADIAN MINING PERSPECTIVES: Crystal-gazing at the future mining workforce
Renowned demographer David Foot, author of the best selling book "Boom, Bust & Echo", provided miners with some gui...
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SUSTAINABILITY: Suncor, First Nation promote Aboriginal development
FORT McKAY, Alberta SUNCOR ENERGY and FORT McKAY FIRST NATION have created a partnership to establish what they c...
COPPER STUDY: Copper Mountain feasibility positive
BRITISH COLUMBIA The feasibility study is done, and the outlook is promising for COPPER MOUNTAIN MINING of Vancou...
ZINC RESOURCES: Brabant Lake tonnage moved to indicated category
SASKATCHEWAN For the first time, Toronto's MANICOUAGAN MINERALS has an indicated resource estimate for its Braban...
PGM-COPPER EXPLORATION: Intersection over 183 metres thickest ever at Marathon project
ONTARIO MARATHON PGM CORP. of Toronto has recorded the thickest ever mineralized intersection183 metres true thi...
GOLD EXPLORATION: Bonanza grades encountered at Freegold Mountain
YUKON Vancouver-based NORTHERN FREEGOLD RESOURCES has intersected bonanza grades at its Freegold Mountain project...
CONSULTING ENGINEERS: SNC-Lavalin acquires Laboratoire Sol et Bton
MONTREAL GROUPE QUALITAS, a subsidiary of SNC-LAVALIN, has acquired LABORATOIRE SOL ET BTON, a firm specialized ...
GOLD STUDY: Quimsacocha a step closer to production
ECUADOR The pre-feasibility study prepared for the Quimsacocha gold project 480 km south of Quito is positive, sa...
BASE METAL EXPLORATION: Tungsten intersections cut near Max moly mine
BRITISH COLUMBIA Diamond drilling on the southern portion of the Ridge tungsten zone above the Max molybdenum min...
LAST WEEK’S QUESTION: Reaction to boreal forest plan
Out Hot Topic last week and the week before seeking reactions to the Ontario plan to protect much of northern Ontar...
HOT TOPIC: Who is the world’s largest coal producer?
NATURAL RESOURCES CANADA says Canada produced 66 million tonnes of coal in 2006, the latest year for which it has f...
CANADIAN MINING PERSPECTIVES: Teck Cominco front and centre in the coal business with Fording takeover
FORDING CANADIAN COAL TRUST of Calgary announced this week that Vancouver-based TECK COMINCO has offered to buy all...
JV Article: How FM defuses one of mining’s most overlooked risks
As one of the world’s largest commercial and industrial property insurers, FM offers a market specialty in safeguarding large mining businesses by bringing core […]