ENGINE OIL – Petro-Can offers Duron-E synthetic heavy duty option
MISSISSAUGA, Ontario - PETRO-CANADA has launched a new synthetic 0W-40 heavy duty engine oil, Duron-E, for off-road...
Canadian Mining Journal Staff
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ACQUISITION – Marathon’s deal for Western Oil Sands completed
CALGARY - MARATHON OIL CORP. has completed the takeover of WESTERN OIL SANDS. Marathon has acquired all of the issu...
HEALTH & SAFETY – Mine fire forces evacuation
WEST AUSTRALIA - Fifty-four miners were safely evacuated from BARRICK GOLD'S Kanowna Belle gold mine when a truck e...
NAME CHANGE – Good-bye Falconbridge
TORONTO - XSTRATA PLC subsidiary, FALCONBRIDGE LIMITED, announced that effective today it has changed its name to X...
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT – Aboriginal conference set for November
VANCOUVER - The 15th annual conference of the CANADIAN ABORIGINAL MINERALS ASSOCIATION (CAMA) will examine "Growing...
GOLD MILLING – Breakwater suspends milling at El Mochito
HONDURAS - BREAKWATER RESOURCES of Toronto has temporarily suspended milling operations at its El Mochito mine in t...
POTASH MINING – Temporary closure at K2 mine
SASKATCHEWAN - MOSAIC COMPANY of Plymouth, Minn., has been forced to close its K2 potash mine near Esterhazy tempor...
COPPER-GOLD MINING – Merrill Island pit production upped
QUEBEC - CAMPBELL RESOURCES of Montreal says the Merrill Island open pit copper mine is in operation, announcing at...
CANADIAN MINING PERSPECTIVES: What Roca will do with the money moly makes
Vancouver's ROCA MINES is in the enviable position of having a profitable mine less than two years after deciding t...
MINING PEOPLE IN THE NEWS – Dia Bras, Fission Energy, Goldex, Orezone, Platinum Group, Rio Tinto, Southern Era and Yamana Gold
DIA BRAS EXPLORATION of Montreal has named Daniel Tellechea as president and CEO. Former president Rejean Gosselin ...
AWARD PRESENTED – Charles Gower wins provincial medal
WHISTLER, British Columbia - Charles F. Gower of the Newfoundland & Labrador Geological Survey has been awarded the...
FRONT-END LOADER – New Cat sized for 777 and 785 trucks
PEORIA, Illinois - CATERPILLAR has created the new 23-tonne capacity, 993K wheel loader to match its Cat 777 and 78...
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, […]