COPPER EXPLORATION – Xstrata to acquire majority of Tampakan project
PHILIPPINES - XSTRATA COPPER of Brisbane, Australia, has exercised its option to acquire 62.5% of the Tampakan copp...
Canadian Mining Journal Staff
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URANIUM EXPLORATION – Strateco budgets $12M for Matoush
QUEBEC - Recent drilling success at the Matoush property 300 km north of Chibougamau has Montreal's STRATECO RESOUR...
CANADIAN MINING NEWS – Canadian idea, thickened tails, now worldwide success
In an industry that is consistently trying to minimize its risk exposure while simultaneously driving down unit cos...
ENGINEERING – Understanding land subsidence with InSAR
In mining, land subsidence is a potential problem with some potentially serious costs. Subsidence can result from h...
NOTE TO READERS – No e-newsletter on Jan. 1
Due to staff vacations, CMJ’s e-newsletter alert will not be broadcast on Jan. 1, 2007. We urge everyone to relax and enjoy […]
MINING PEOPLE IN THE NEWS Ashton, Coastport, Donner, Gold Eagle, Knight Exploration and Purepoint
Matt Manson has been named interim president and CEO at Vancouver's ASHTON MINING. He will oversee the completion o...
LABOUR PEACE – Alcan, Steelworkers sign 4-year deal at Alma smelter
QUEBEC - ALCAN announced today that more than 90% of the hourly and office employees represented by the UNITED STEE...
BASE METAL MERGER – bcMetals, Imperial reach deal; Taseko ups offer
VANCOUVER - The year of the hotly contested merger is not over yet. On Dec. 22, BCMETALS and IMPERIAL METALS announ...
NICKEL-COPPER MILLING – Shakespeare ore to be treated at Strathcona plant
ONTARIO - URSA MAJOR MINERALS and XSTRATA NICKEL, both of Toronto, have signed a memorandum of agreement for the mi...
OIL SANDS EXPANSION – Muskeg River gets regulatory nod
ALBERTA - Expansion of the Muskeg River oil sands mine and bitumen recovery plant has been given the nod by both th...
GOLD DEVELOPMENT – Metallica readies Mexican mine
MEXICO - Toronto-based METALLICA RESOURCES has raised an additional $34.5 million to be spent largely on prestrippi...
NOTE TO READERS – No e-newsletter on Dec. 25
Due to staff vacations, CMJ's e-newsletter alert will not be broadcast on Dec. 25, 2006, or Jan. 1, 2007. We urge e...
Artemis Gold provides ramp-up update for the Blackwater mine
Artemis Gold (TSXV: ARTG ) announced the company has continued its ramp-up of the Blackwater mine since the first pour of gold and […]