COPPER MINING – Longer life for Highland Valley
BRITISH COLUMBIA - Vancouver-based TECK COMINCO will spend $40 million to extend the life of its Highland Valley Co...
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COAL DEVELOPMENT – Cline readies two mines in B.C.
BRITISH COLUMBIA - CLINE MINING CORP. of Vancouver is readying two new metallurgical coal mines for production begi...
DIAMOND EXPLORATION – First kimberlite found in Madagascar
MADAGASCAR - Less than 18 months after launching its diamond exploration program in Madagascar, Montreal-based MAJE...
MINING PEOPLE IN THE NEWS Southern Star, Golden Goose, Devon, Geologix
Toronto-based SOUTHERN STAR RESOURCES has added Terry MacGibbon, who is president & CEO of FNX Mining, to the South...
MINING CHEMICALS Cytec bumps up prices
NEW JERSEY Effective Oct. 1, 2005, CYTEC INDUSTRIES of West Paterson is raising the price of chemicals it supplie...
OFFICES MOVING Fortune Minerals
Effective Sept. 22, 2005, the offices of FORTUNE MINERALS LIMITED will be located at 140 Fullarton St., Suite 1902,...
TAKEOVER OFFER CVRD eyes Canico
BRAZIL The world's largest producer of iron ore and pellets, COMPANHIA VALE DE RIO DOCE (CVRD) of Rio de Janeiro ...
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT Inco centre opens at Memorial University
NEWFOUNDLAND On Sept. 20 the $17.3-million INCO INNOVATION CENTRE was officially opened by officials of MEMORIAL ...
NICKEL MINING First concentrate from Voisey’s Bay
LABRADOR "We're off and running," said INCO LTD. chairman and CEO Scott Hand in announcing that the first concent...
GOLD MINING Veladero pours ahead of schedule
ARGENTINA Toronto-based BARRICK GOLD announced on Sept. 15, that its Veladero mine in San Juan province poured it...
COAL DEVELOPMENT Hillsborough commissioning mine in Tennessee
TENNESSEE Vancouver's HILLSBOROUGH RESOURCES is commissioning its Crossville underground thermal coal mine, with ...
COAL RESOURCES Mongolian project tops 70M tonnes for Ivanhoe
SOUTHERN MONGOLIA The initial numbers are in for IVANHOE MINES' Nariin Sukhait coal project 40 km north of the Ch...
Canada’s energy and mines ministers issue joint statement in response to U.S. tariffs
Federal, provincial and territorial cabinet ministers responsible for the portfolios of energy and mines met at the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) […]