COPPER: Hudbay suspends mining at Constancia
PERU – Toronto-based Hudbay Minerals has been forced to temporarily suspend operations at its Constancia copper-molybdenum mine as a result of trespassers […]
Marilyn Scales
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NICKEL: SNC-Lavalin wins contract for SO2 mitigation project from Norilsk
RUSSIA – SNC-Lavalin of Montreal has been awarded a contract by Norilsk Nickel to implement a sulphur recovery project at the Nadezhda […]
TNM Editorial: Federal gov’t to establish Canadian Infrastructure Bank
The federal government’s latest initiative comes right out of the Liberal Party of Canada’s 2015 election platform: “We will establish the Canadian […]
URANIUM: NexGen drills 20.27% U3O8 over 26.5 metres at Rook I
SASKATCHEWAN – Results from the recent drill holes at the Rook I property continue to return high uranium oxide values for NexGen […]
GOLD-COPPER: AuRico cuts 628 metres of 0.53 g/t Au and 0.41% Cu at Kemess East
BRITISH COLUMBIA – AuRico Metals of Toronto focused this summer on step out and infill drilling at Kemess East 1,000 metres east […]
REVEGETATION: Seed handling made easier
AUSTRALIA – Those clever Australians at the University of Western Australia and the Botanic Gardens and Parts Authority have invented a treatment […]
COPPER: Ivanhoe likes recovery, concentrate grades from Kakula
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO – Ivanhoe Mines of Vancouver says the second stage of metallurgical drill core testing from the Kakula discovery […]
Uranium firms remain optimistic amid low demand
Uranium companies are staying upbeat given the strong long term fundamentals for uranium, as the number of nuclear reactors around the world […]
GOLD: KL Gold cuts huge bonanza to extend SMC
ONTARIO – Nothing succeeds like success. Or like excess if you have a bonanza grade of 2,846.1 g/t Au. That is what […]
GOLD: Anaconda named Newfoundland’s miner of the year
NEWFOUNDLAND – Toronto-based Anaconda Mining has been selected as the 2016 Miner of the Year by the Newfoundland Branch of the CIM. […]
GOLD: ATAC says Rackla recoveries are 85% and 89% with cyanide
YUKON – While drilling continues on the Orion zone, ATAC Resources of Vancouver has been conducting cyanide leach tests on samples from […]
ZINC-LEAD: Canadian Zinc, Buchans contemplate central mill
NEWFOUNDLAND – Vancouver’s Canadian Zinc Corp. and Buchans Minerals Corp. are contemplating a shared, central mineral processing facility. It would treat ores […]
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 […]