ALUMINUM SMELTER – Rusals new plant to cost $2.3B
RUSSIA - UC RUSAL of Moscow and HYDROOGK have begun construction of a new US$2.3-billion, 600,000 t/y aluminum smel...
Canadian Mining Journal Staff
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TUNGSTEN MINING – Pasto Bueno startup official
PERU - The Pasto Bueno tungsten mine 830 km north of Lima has reached commercial production. The mine belongs to DY...
CANADIAN MINING PERSPECTIVES – Juniors capitalization tops $27B in 2006
TORONTO - The clever people at PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS (PWC) have examined junior mining companies trading on the TS...
MINING PEOPLE IN THE NEWS – Cross Lake, Entre Gold, JNR Resources, Lake Shore Gold, Miramar, Redcorp, Selkirk Metals, Sherwood Copper, Tahera, TTM Resources and Wolfden
CROSS LAKE MINERALS of Vancouver has appointed Tom Colbourne its VP mining. He was involved in the original develop...
P.R. Engineering management killed in plane crash
Canadian Mining Journal has sadly learned that the principals of Oshawa, Ont., crusher manufacturer P.R. ENGINEERIN...
ACTIVE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS – Strong prices spur continuing work
As long as commodity prices remain strong, the mining industry is not going to be short of development projects. He...
COPPER-MOLY RESOURCES – Shaft Creek numbers increasing
BRITISH COLUMBIA - Calgary-based COPPER FOX METALS has released a larger resource estimate for its Schaft Creek cop...
NICKEL EXPLORATION – Centrasia buys Russian ground
RUSSIA - Vancouver-based CENTRASIA MINING has signed a share purchase agreement to acquire 100% interest in three n...
NICKEL EXPLORATION – Drilling begins at West Timmins
ONTARIO - PACIFIC NORTH WEST CAPITAL of Vancouver has begun a 2,000-m diamond drill program at its Timmins West cla...
NEW PUBLICATION – Logans 1845 survey of the Upper Ottawa Valley
OTTAWA - The pioneering geology of Sir William Edmond Logan laid the groundwork for the Geological Survey of Canada...
NET NIT – Opposition grows toward Ontarios diamond royalty
The ONTARIO MINING ASSOCIATION (www.OMA.on.ca) has published a thoughtful item outlining the growing opposition to ...
TAKEOVER BATTLE – Xstrata ups LionOre bid to $25
TORONTO - On May 15, Swiss miner XSTRATA raised its bid for Canadas LIONORE MINING INTERNATIONAL to $25.00/share. ...
New Found Gold expands high grade mineralization at Queensway gold project
New Found Gold (TSXV: NFG; NYSE-A: NFGC) announced new drill results from the company’s Queensway gold project in Newfoundland and Labrador. New Found Gold’s Queensway gold project […]