GOLD EXPLORATION – Headframe up as Midway goes underground
QUEBEC - NORTHERN STAR MINING of Vancouver says the headframe was erected in only two-and-a-half days at its Midway...
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GOLD MINING – Kumtor target of criminal investigation
KYRGYZ REPUBLIC - Although mining and processing continues normally, the Kumtor gold project remains the target of ...
MOLYBDENUM PRODUCTION – Altonorte smelter modified
CHILE - Toronto's FALCONBRIDGE reports that it has completed the modifications on a former copper roaster at the Al...
MINING LEGISLATION – Honduras debates reform bill
HONDURAS - The Honduran government has submitted its mining reform bill to the National Congress. The lower house w...
ENVIRONMENTAL CERTIFICATION – Albian Sands achieves ISO 14001
ALBERTA - ALBIAN SANDS ENERGY became the first of Canada's oil sands operations to receive ISO 14001 certification ...
FORCE MAJEURE – Strike at Trail prompts Teck Cominco decision
VANCOUVER - TECK COMINCO said that as a result of the strike by unionized employees at the company's Trail operatio...
SCREENING – Low-cost refurbishment from Rotex
OHIO - ROTEX now offers to refurbish screeners to exact OEM standards at its Cincinnati headquarters. The company s...
MINERAL PROCESSING – World’s largest flotation cell goes to Los Pelambres
CHILE - DORR-OLIVER EIMCO CHILE S.A., a subsidiary of the Canadian-based company GROUPE LAPERRIRE & VERREAULT (GL&...
MINING PEOPLE IN THE NEWS – Inco, Olympus Pacific, Logan Resources, Jinshan Gold
INCO LIMITED of Toronto has appointed Rick Waugh and Francis Mer to its board of directors. Waugh is currently pres...
DOING SOME DIGGING – A chat with old friends
Last week I had the opportunity to speak with two men I've known for decades, Warren Holmes and Brian Robertson. Th...
MINING PEOPLE IN THE NEWS – Diagem, North American Palladium, Rare Element, Taseko
Montreal-based DIAGEM has named Claude Durocher as CEO and Pal Einarson as CFO. Dr. Mousseau Tremblay remains chair...
SAFETY FIRST – Mining is safest of B.C. heavy industries
VANCOUVER - The MINING ASSOCIATION OF BRITISH COLUMBIA has only good news in announcing that the mining industry ha...
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) […]