OIL SANDS MINING – Suncor hits 1-billion-barrel milestone
NORTHERN ALBERTA - On Jan. 5, 2006, SUNCOR ENERGY sold its one-billionth barrel of oil sands crude since operations...
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COPPER-GOLD DEVELOPMENT – Second ball mill bought for Minto project
YUKON TERRITORY - With an eye toward increased production later on, Vancouver's SHERWOOD COPPER has purchased a sec...
IRON ORE EXPLORATION – Thick intervals on Baffin Island
NUNAVUT - BAFFINLAND IRON MINES of Toronto reports that it has drilled several thick intervals of high-grade iron o...
MOLYBDENUM EXPLORATION – Potential in northern Ontario
NORTHERN ONTARIO - GLR RESOURCES of Kirkland Lake, Ont., has received assays from drill holes at its property near ...
URANIUM EXPLORATION – Anomalies in Nunavut
NUNAVUT - HORNBY BAY EXPLORATION of Toronto reports that nine out of the 10 holes drilled at its Coppermine River c...
RESOURCE STUDY – Wolverine deposit hosts high-grade zinc
YUKON TERRITORY - Spurred on by high commodity prices, YUKON ZINC CORP. of Vancouver has completed a new independen...
DOING SOME DIGGING – Nuclear industry heats up
The rising uranium price, which this week was US$36.50/lb U3O8, has made finding and mining it a priority for many ...
MINING PEOPLE IN THE NEWS – Apogee, New Gold, Jourdan Resources, New Millennium
Doug Currie is the new VP exploration for Toronto-based APOGEE MINERALS. He is a geologist with experience on five ...
PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE – Vibration monitor
MILWAUKEE, WI - ROCKWELL AUTOMATION has added the Allen-Bradley XM-160 to its line of vibration monitors. These int...
PALLADIUM MINING – Lac des Iles crushing out of commission
NORTHERN ONTARIO - NORTH AMERICAN PALLADIUM of Toronto says the primary crusher at its Lac des Iles mine was shut d...
GOLD DEVELOPMENT – Alliance covers Russian Kid
NORTHERN QUEBEC - MIRABEL RESOURCES of Montreal and CONSOLIDATED BIG VALLEY RESOURCES of Vancouver have signed a st...
URANIUM EXPLORATION – Fronteer finds two new zones
LABRADOR - Vancouver's FRONTEER DEVELOPMENT GROUP has drilled two new zones of uranium mineralization about 25 km f...
IAMGOLD and Laurentian University partner to create $2.5M strategic innovation fund
Sudbury-based Laurentian University announced – in partnership with IAMGOLD (TSX: IMG NYSE: IAG) – the creation of the IAMGOLD president’s innovation fund […]