SAFETY: Metso receives two safety awards in Chile
CHILE – Metso Corporation, the Finnish supplier of mineral processing and material handling products, has been recognized with two awards for its […]
Marilyn Scales
Posts by Marilyn Scales:
Rob McEwen’s predictions for 2017
Rob McEwen, chairman and chief owner of McEwen Mining (TSX: MUX; NYSE: MUX), looks back on the year that was, and ahead to what […]
WELCOME: Alisha Hiyate to be new CMJ editor
TORONTO – CMJ is starting the new year with a new editor – Alisha Hiyate who has over a decade of experience […]
RARE EARTHS: Search direct extraction process reaches pilot plant stage
LABRADOR – Search Minerals of Vancouver says that SGS Canada has begun piloting Search’s direct extraction process on samples from the company’s […]
GOLD: Nighthawk expands Colomac as well as Goldcrest
NORTHWEST TERRITORIES – Toronto-based Nighthawk Gold Corp. has received the final results from the summer 2016 program at the Colomac gold project […]
URANIUM: NexGen drilling at Arrow returns 30 metres at 15% U3O8
SASKATCHEWAN – The assays are in from the final 10 holes drilled last summer at the Arrow deposit, part of the Rook […]
Friedland says new Kamoa-Kakula PEA ‘already obsolete’
VANCOUVER — Ivanhoe Mines‘ (TSX: IVN; US-OTC: IVPAF) Executive Chairman Robert Friedland believes a preliminary economic study (PEA) just released on the company’s […]
COMMODITIES: Scotiabank sees strong finish to 2016
TORONTO – Scotiabank is putting the “happy” in the holidays with it upbeat look at commodity prices in 2016. Its Commodity Price […]
URANIUM: Fission sets out $6.5M drill program
SASKATCHEWAN – Fission Uranium Corp. of Kelowna, BC, has set aside at least $6.5 million for a 34-hole, 10,105-metre winter drilling program […]
COPPER-GOLD: Dundee cuts new high grade zone at Chelopech mine
BULGARIA – Toronto-based Dundee Precious Metals has cut a new high grade copper-gold zone at its Chelopech mine 70 km east of […]
FERTILIZERS: Mosaic to buy Vale’s fertilizer business
PLYMOUTH, MN – The Mosaic Company has announced plans to purchase Vale SA’s fertilizer business for US$2.5 billion. Mosaic is offering US$1.25 […]
Mexico denies permit for Argonaut Gold’s San Antonio project
The Mexican Environmental Authority has given Argonaut Gold (TSX: AR) a lump of coal for Christmas. The regulatory body known as SEMARNAT has denied […]
Case study: Waterproofing high-temperature water flows in mining operations
In this study, the mine was in the process of tunnel excavation. Initially, the mining advanced under dry conditions. However, as the […]