ENVIRONMENT: Barrick to convert Pueblo Viejo power plant to natural gas
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC – Barrick Gold of Toronto has signed a 10-year natural gas supply contact with a local company to fuel the […]
Marilyn Scales
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LUBRICANTS: Petro-Can partners with Liverpool FC
MISSISSAUGA, Ont. – Petro-Canada Lubricants and Liverpool Football Club have announced a 3three-year partnership that will see Petro-Can become an official global partner […]
Azarga Uranium to merge with URZ Energy
The merger of Azarga Uranium (TSX: AZZ; US-OTC: PWURF) and URZ Energy (TSXV: URZ; US-OTC: URZZF) will create a new uranium development company focused on in […]
ALUMINUM: Rio Tinto, Alcan team up to create carbon-free smelting
QUEBEC – Alcoa of Pittsburgh, Penn., and Rio Tinto Alcan of Montreal have created a joint venture, Elysis, to commercialize an aluminum […]
GOLD: Anaconda cuts 750+ g/t at Goldboro project
NOVA SCOTIA – Anaconda Mining of Toronto has found bonanza grades at its Goldboro gold project 175 km northeast of Halifax. The […]
GOLD: QMX cut good grades at new target north of old Bevcon mine
QUEBEC – Drilling near the past producing Bevcon gold mine shows signs strong mineralization, says owner QMX Gold Corp. of Toronto. Specifically, […]
MINING PEOPLE: New Gold, Banro, Franco-Nevada, and SSR Mining
New Gold of Toronto has named Raymond Threlkeld as its new president and CEO. He has been a member of the board […]
Centerra rebuffs Chaarat’s $800M offer for Kumtor mine
Before Chaarat Gold (LON: CGH) launched an US$800-million, cash-and-share proposal to acquire Centerra Gold’s (TSX: CG) Kumtor mine in Kyrgyzstan, very few North Americans had […]
GOLD: Seabridge discovers new zones at Courageous Lake
NORTHWEST TERRITORIES – Toronto-based Seabridge Gold has discovered four new gold zones at its Courageous Lake project 240 km northeast of Yellowknife […]
GOLD: Barrick invests $38M in Midas Gold’s Stibnite project
IDAHO – Barrick Gold of Toronto has agreed to invest at least $38 million (all figures U.S. dollars) in Midas Gold Corp. […]
GOLD: Hecla expands resources at Casa Berardi
QUEBEC – Hecla Mining Co. of Coeur d’Alene, Idaho says underground exploration drilling continues to expand the resources at its Casa Berardi […]
SURVEY: PwC finds optimism among BC miners
VANCOUVER – The 50th annual report on the mining industry of British Columbia conducted by PwC found optimism returning to the sector. […]
Ranking Canada’s Top 40: Top 40 companies bagged $166 billion in 2023
Nutrien continues clinching top spot despite revenue decline compared to last year,and Oceanagold joins the list for the first time This year, […]