GOLD/COPPER MINE FINANCING – $1B Promised for Cerro Casale CHILE - A major industrial bank has agreed to finance US$1 billion of the US$1.65 billion development cost for the... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | August 25, 2004 | 5:30 pm
POTASH DEVELOPMENTS – Thailand Attracts More Investment THAILAND - China has stepped up the pace to acquire a share of potash at its doorstep with the Chinese company CHIN... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | August 25, 2004 | 5:30 pm
GOLD EXPLORATION – Infill Drill Results from Las Cristinas VENEZUELA - Toronto-based CRYSTALLEX INTERNATIONAL CORP. has received positive assay results from the continued inf... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | August 25, 2004 | 5:30 pm
GOLD RESOURCE ESTIMATE – 300K oz in Mexican Deposit MEXICO - The San Antonio gold deposit in Sonora is now believed to contain 300,000 oz of gold, as estimated by sole... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | August 25, 2004 | 5:30 pm
URANIUM EXPLORATION – Moore Lake Yields 7% SASKATCHEWAN - JNR RESOURCES and INTERNATIONAL URANIUM CORP., both of Vancouver, report high uranium grades from t... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | August 25, 2004 | 5:30 pm
DOING SOME DIGGING – Reviewing the Fraser Institute’s Rankings How to rank mining countries in terms of relative competitiveness has been an important issue of the mineral econom... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | August 25, 2004 | 5:30 pm
PLATINUM EXPLORATION – High Grades Cut at Ferguson Lake NUNAVUT - Drill core from the footwall at the Ferguson Lake nickel/copper/cobalt/platinum/palladium project has ret... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | August 25, 2004 | 5:30 pm
MINING PEOPLE IN THE NEWS Stornoway, Schneider Electric, Gemcom, Golden Goose, McWatters STORNOWAY DIAMOND has named Anthony (Tony) Walsh and Jeff Stibbard to its board of directors. Stibbard is a consult... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | August 25, 2004 | 5:30 pm
ELECTRIC DISTRIBUTION CONTROL Chuquicamata Mine Chooses Foxboro SCADA CHILE DIVISION NORTE of CODELCO, the Chilean national copper mining company, has awarded INVENSYS SYSTEMS CHILE a... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | August 25, 2004 | 5:30 pm
WEIGHING SYSTEMS – Wireless Tension Link Adds Versatility SASKATOON - For versatility in weighing applications, the MASSLOAD TECHNOLOGIES wireless tension link weighing syst... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | August 25, 2004 | 5:30 pm
DIAMOND CORE BITS – AlphaBit Line Grows Longer SALT LAKE CITY - The latest addition to BOART LONGYEAR's AlphaBit line of impregnated diamond bits combines superio... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | August 25, 2004 | 5:30 pm
CORPORATE MANOEUVRING – Wheaton Assembles $300M Net Egg VANCOUVER - WHEATON RIVER MINERALS has entered into a US$300-million acquisition facility, which it may draw down o... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | August 25, 2004 | 5:30 pm