DIAMOND EXPLORATION – Stornoway/Shear complete acquisition of Churchill project
NUNAVUT - STORNOWAY DIAMOND of Vancouver and Edmonton-based SHEAR MINERALS have acquired all of BHP BILLITON DIAMON...
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CANADIAN MINING PERSPECTIVES Gold, uranium and copper funding hot
Looking over the news offerings of the past week, I have noticed a number of stories related to uranium, and many n...
CORPORATE PHILANTHROPY – Lundin Group pledges $100 million to Clinton Giustra fund
VANCOUVER - Vancouver-based LUNDIN FOR AFRICA, the philanthropic arm of the LUNDIN GROUP OF COMPANIES, has pledged ...
BIODIVERSITY – Canadian mining companies lead the way
OTTAWA Canadas mining industry is taking the lead by adopting a precedent-setting biodiversity policy that inclu...
MINING PEOPLE IN THE NEWS – FNX Mining, Gold Hawk, Solex and Zincore
FNX MINING of Toronto has promoted two individuals in its exploration group. Gord Morrison becomes senior VP corpor...
SCHOLARSHIPS – KEGS taps 10 undergrads, six grads
TORONTO - The directors of the KEGS FOUNDATION have awarded scholarships totalling nearly $12,000 to 10 undergradua...
URANIUM MILLING – Denison begins buying ore for White Mesa mill
UTAH - DENISON MINES of Toronto has begun buying uranium ore for its White Mesa mill in the southeast corner of the...
SAFETY ALWAYS – Cat launches new website
PEORIA, Illinois - CUSTOMER SAFETY SERVICES, a division of the CATERPILLAR TECHNOLOGY & SOLUTIONS DIVISION, has lau...
ALUMINUM SMELTER – Joint venture to build Alcan smelter in South Africa
MONTREAL - SNC-LAVALIN, MURRAY & ROBERTS and HATCH have created a joint venture that has signed a contract with ALC...
GOLD HEDGING – Newmont drops hedge
DENVER - NEWMONT MINING CORP. announced on July 5, 2007, that it has eliminated its entire 1.85-million-oz gold hed...
BASE METAL MINING – Commercial production reached at Langlois
QUEBEC - Toronto-based BREAKWATER RESOURCES declares that commercial production was reached on July 1, 2007, at its...
MOLYBDENUM RESERVES – Endako mine life grows to 27 years
BRITISH COLUMBIA - THOMPSON CREEK METALS CO. of Toronto has updated the ore reserves and mine life for its Endako o...
FPX Nickel unveils “compelling business case” for standalone nickel sulphate refinery
FPX Nickel (TSXV: FPX; OTCQB: FPOCF) announced results from an awaruite refinery scoping study demonstrating a “compelling business case” for the development of […]