MERGER NEWS – First Nickel to absorb Jaguar TORONTO - FIRST NICKEL and JAGUAR NICKEL have agreed to combine to create a company that will continue to do busine... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | May 7, 2006 | 5:00 pm
FEDERAL BUDGET – Good news for Canadian mines OTTAWA - Prime Minister Stephen Harper's Conservative government brought down its first budget since it was elected... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | May 7, 2006 | 5:00 pm
ENVIRONMENTAL PRECAUTION – Antamina mill down for three days PERU - Compania Minera Antamina had an unscheduled three-day shutdown at its mill. The shutdown was a precautionary... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | May 7, 2006 | 5:00 pm
ENVIRONMENTAL FORUM – Remediation for mining sites OTTAWA - Note Thursday, June 15, 2006, on you calendar if you would like to attend the Mining and Environmental Tec... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | May 7, 2006 | 5:00 pm
MINERAL PROCESSING – Titanium Corp. plans pilot plant NORTHERN ALBERTA - TITANIUM CORP. of Toronto is planning $3-million on-site pilot program this year to test recover... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | May 7, 2006 | 5:00 pm
IRON ORE DEVELOPMENT – Hope Downs gets $1B to go ahead WESTERN AUSTRALIA - RIO TINTO of London, U.K., is ready to start construction immediately on the US$1-billion devel... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | May 7, 2006 | 5:00 pm
NATIONALIZATION – Bolivia swallows oil & gas BOLIVIA - This week the government of Bolivia nationalized that country's oil and gas fields. That leaves the minin... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | May 7, 2006 | 5:00 pm
SLURRY ANALYZER – Real-time info on light elements ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA - THERMO ELECTRON CORP. has introduced the new OLA-200 analyzer, a light element slurry analyze... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | May 7, 2006 | 5:00 pm
MINING PEOPLE IN THE NEWS – China Diamond, Mexivada, Rocmec, TVI Pacific, Yukon Resources At London, Ont.-based CHINA DIAMOND CORP., George Laforme has been named chairman. He replaces Keith Minty who has ... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | May 7, 2006 | 5:00 pm
COPPER-GOLD FEASIBILITY – Study positive for Andacollo hypogene deposit CHILE - Toronto's AUR RESOURCES says the feasibility study is positive for development of the hypogene copper-gold ... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | May 3, 2006 | 5:00 pm
COPPER FEASIBILITY – Inmet ups Las Cruces design SPAIN - INMET MINING of Toronto has boosted the design capacity for the Las Cruces copper project in which it has a... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | May 3, 2006 | 5:00 pm
BASE METAL RESOURCES – Preliminary numbers for Titan Ti-Fe-V deposit NORTHERN ONTARIO - RANDSBURG INTERNATIONAL GOLD CORP. of Toronto has released a preliminary resources estimate for ... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | May 3, 2006 | 5:00 pm