TAKEOVER BID – Canico supports new CRVD offer
BRAZIL - Brazilian iron ore miner COMPANHIA VALE DO RIO DOCE (CVRD) has raised its offer to acquire Canadian resour...
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SHARE PURCHASE – Newmont takes position in Miramar
VANCOUVER - MIRAMAR MINING CORP. has announced the sale of 18.5 million units to NEWMONT MINING CORP. Each unit con...
IMPACT BENEFIT AGREEMENT – Snap Lake covered
YELLOWKNIFE - Representatives of DE BEERS CANADA and the YELLOWKNIVES DENE FIRST NATION have reached agreement on t...
CYANIDE SPILLS – Two releases in less than a month at Rapu Rapu
PHILIPPINES - Australian-based LAFAYETTE MINING closed its Rapu Rapu gold mine following two cyanide spills in less...
CASE DISMISSED – Newmont wins one in Indonesia
INDONESIA - The South Jakarta District Court has dismissed a US$133-million lawsuit alleging NEWMONT MINING CORP.'s...
MINERAL PROCESSING – PolyMet buys former taconite plant
MINNESOTA - Vancouver's POLYMET MINING has completed the acquisition of parts of the former LTV Steel Mining minera...
ZINC MINING – HudBay to reopen Balmat
NEW YORK - HUDBAY MINERALS of Winnipeg is making plans to reopen the Balmat No.4 zinc mine in upper New York State....
GOLD RESOURCES – Bachelor Lake numbers
QUEBEC - The latest NI 43-101 compliant estimate for the Bachelor Lake gold project have significantly boosted reso...
GOLD EXPLORATION – Latest results for huge Donlin project
ALASKA - One of North America's largest undeveloped gold deposits just keeps shining more brightly. NOVAGOLD RESOUR...
INNOVATION AWARD – Oil sands equipment
CALGARY - The CANADIAN AMERICAN BUSINESS COUNCIL gave an award of merit to SYNCRUDE, CATERPILLAR and FINNING (CANAD...
HEALTH & SAFETY – Ontario gets safer
TORONTO - The safety performance of the mining industry in Ontario continues on a path of improvement. The lost tim...
MERGER NEWS – CAW offers conditional support for Inco-Falconbridge deal
TORONTO - The merger of INCO LTD. and FALCONBRIDGE LTD. will set the stage to increase the economic potential of Ca...
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 […]