TUNGSTEN EXPLORATION – Sultan outlines zone in BC
BRITISH COLUMBIA - Vancouver's SULTAN MINERALS has rediscovered the East Emerald tungsten zone at its Jersey-Emeral...
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GOLD EXPLORATION – Colombian core assays over 74 g/t Au
COLOMBIA - GREYSTAR RESOURCES of Vancouver recently received assays of 74.16 g/t Au and 167.20 g/t Ag over 3.0 metr...
URANIUM EXPLORATION – Kianna deposit tops 27% U3O8
SASKATCHEWAN - Vancouver-based UEX CORPORATION reports very high-grade assays from the drill program at the Shea Cr...
NET NIT – From the PwC survey: Awakening Giants
(The following is an extract from the recent PricewaterhouseCoopers global mining survey "Mine: Let the Good Times ...
DOING SOME DIGGING – Land claims resemble mud-slinging
Discussion and compromise are recognized qualities of the Canadian psyche. But when it comes to settling land claim...
MINING PEOPLE IN THE NEWS – Glencairn, Buffalo Gold, Minco, Northwestern
Toronto's GLENCAIRN GOLD has named Peter Tagliamonte its new president and CEO. He replaces Kerry Knoll who becomes...
LIMS UPDATE – Thermo re-engineers its SampleManager
PHILADELPHIA - THERMO ELECTRON CORP. has re-engineered its SampleManager laboratory information management system (...
HEALTH & SAFETY – One dead at shaft sinking project
ONTARIO - On May 25 an employee of DYNATEC CORP. was killed at the Podolsky shaft sinking project northeast of Sudb...
NOXIOUS ODOUR – Syncrude shuts down new coker
ALBERTA - Almost as soon as SYNCRUDE started up its Stage 3 expansion north of Fort McMurray, it was forced to shut...
ENVIRONMENTAL SPILL – Miramar charged for 2004 incident
NUNAVUT - ENVIRONMENT CANADA has charged MIRAMAR MINING of Vancouver and four related companies with allegedly spil...
NICKEL PRODUCTION – PT Inco cuts 1M lb/week after fire
INDONESIA - A transformer room fire at its No.2 furnace has forced PT INTERNATIONAL NICKEL INDONESIA to cut nickel ...
MERGER MANIA – Small companies join forces
In all the clamour and stick-waving that accompanies the Inco-Falconbridge, Teck Cominco-Inco and Xstrata-Falconbri...
MacLean establishes surface mining vehicle division to expand EV offerings
MacLean Engineering has announced the establishment of a surface mining vehicle division. The company said the move builds on its 50-year reputation […]