BASE METAL EXPLORATION – Former Buchans mine still yields good grades
NEWFOUNDLAND - Halifax-based BUCHANS RIVER reports that one of the definition holes drilled at the former Buchans m...
Canadian Mining Journal Staff
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VALE, XSTRATA POLL – Half of CMJ readers support merger
We asked CMJ readers whether or not they favoured the proposed merger of Vale (formerly CVRD) and Xstrata. After tw...
CANADIAN MINING PERSPECTIVES: Losing money on Canadian diamonds
At the end of January we learned that mining had been suspended at the Jericho diamond mine in Nunavut. Now comes n...
OIL SANDS EXPANSION – AMEC wins Syncrude contract
ALBERTA - AMEC, the international engineering and project management company, has been awarded the project developm...
NEW POLL QUESTION – Canadian diamond mines
This week we are asking readers if their confidence in the future of Canadian diamond mines has been shaken by news...
GOLD RESOURCES – Donlin Creek numbers continue to grow
ALASKA - NOVAGOLD RESOURCES of Vancouver has released new numbers for an increased resource at its Donlin Creek gol...
COPPER DEVELOPMENT – Tulsequah engineering 50% complete, equipment sourced
BRITISH COLUMBIA - Vancouver-based REDCORP VENTURES reports that the detailed engineering is approximately 50% comp...
ENVIRONMENTAL PERMIT – Touquoy gold project gets nod
NOVA SCOTIA - The Nova Scotia Minister of Environment has granted approval for the Touquoy gold project near Halifa...
SUSTAINABILITY AWARD – Fording River takes BC honours
BRITISH COLUMBIA - The Fording River operations of ELK VALLEY COAL has won the 2007 Mining and Sustainability Award...
CANADIAN MINING PERSPECTIVES: Continuing high prices to drive mineral industry
GOWLING LAFLEUR HENDERSON (Gowlings) released its annual Trendwatch for the mining industry last month. In it the f...
REMEDIATION – OMA, Ontario MNDM to share Kam Kotia costs (February 10, 2008)
ONTARIO - A partnership of the ONTARIO MINING ASSOCIATION and the ONTARIO MINISTRY OF NORTHERN DEVELOPMENT AND MINE...
MINING PEOPLE IN THE NEWS – First Gold, Gold Hawk, Gryphon Gold, International PBX, Medoro and SKF Canada
FIRST GOLD EXPLORATION of Montreal has named Eric Leboeuf president and CEO. He is a former stockbroker and founded...
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, […]