MINING PEOPLE IN THE NEWS – AMEC, Baffinland, Finning, Minco, New Gold AMEC, the international project management and services company, has bolstered its Earth & Environmental mining gro... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | February 5, 2006 | 5:00 pm
MERGER NEWS – Halco now part of Terex WESTPORT, Connecticut - TEREX CORPORATION has completed the acquisition of HALCO HOLDINGS, including its subsidiari... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | February 5, 2006 | 5:00 pm
MINING SHOVELS – Bucyrus units go to Idaho MILWAUKEE - BUCYRUS INTERNATIONAL reports it has sold a Bucyrus 495HR (Hard Rock) high performance electric rope sh... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | February 5, 2006 | 5:00 pm
POTASH PROFITS – Potash Corp 4th quarter best ever SASKATOON - Record fourth-quarter potash shipments and higher prices pushed the POTASH CORP. OF SASKATCHEWAN's earn... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | February 5, 2006 | 5:00 pm
URANIUM EARNINGS – Cameco 4th quarter revenue jumps 45% SASKATOON - CAMECO's unaudited fourth quarter 2005 financial statement puts the quarter's earnings at $522 million ... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | February 5, 2006 | 5:00 pm
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT – Historic agreement for Contact Lake project (February 05, 2006) NORTHWEST TERRITORIES - Vancouver-based ALBERTA STAR DEVELOPMENT and the Deline Land Corp. representing the SAHTU a... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | February 5, 2006 | 5:00 pm
GOLD BULK SAMPLE – Underground work at NICO to supply 2,700 tonnes NORTHWEST TERRITORIES - London, Ont.-based FORTUNE MINERALS is planning a 2,700-tonne bulk sample from its NICO gol... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | February 5, 2006 | 5:00 pm
COAL MINING – Trend mine shipping clean coal BRITISH COLUMBIA - Vancouver-based NEMI NORTHERN ENERGY & MINING has commissioned the wash plant at its Trend small... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | February 5, 2006 | 5:00 pm
GOLD-SILVER MINING – Ocampo commences MEXICO - Mining and heap leaching have begun at the Ocampo gold-silver mine of GAMMON LAKE RESOURCES. The project, ... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | February 5, 2006 | 5:00 pm
DIAMOND MINING – Jericho produces first gems NUNAVUT - The first diamonds have been produced from the new Jericho mine of TAHERA DIAMOND CORP. Mine construction... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | February 5, 2006 | 5:00 pm
CORRECTION – Sleeping Giant mine in Quebec Last week we erroneously put CAMBIOR's Sleeping Giant gold mine in the wrong province. It remains 80 km north of Am... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | February 1, 2006 | 5:00 pm
COPPER-GOLD RESOURCES – Oyu Tolgoi reserves top 8 billion lb Cu and 7 million oz Au MONGOLIA - The most recent report from IVANHOE MINES of Singapore and Vancouver says proven and probable open pit r... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | February 1, 2006 | 5:00 pm