IRON ORE: Rio Tinto okays US$749M investment in Pilbara mine
AUSTRALIA – Rio Tinto has approved a US$749 million (A$1 billion) investment in its existing Greater Tom Price iron ore operations to […]
Marilyn Scales
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TRANSPORTATION: CN Rail, unions reach tentative settlement
OTTAWA – The short-lived strike at Canadian National Railway is over. The company and the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference reached a tentative […]
MINING PEOPLE: Epiroc, Golden Star, Guyana Goldfields, and Maverix Metals
Swedish drilling powerhouse Epiroc AB has named Helena Hedblom its new president and CEO, a promotion from her previous role as senior […]
DIAMONDS: Tomra sorter boosts Lucara’s exceptional finds
NORWAY – Lucara Diamond Corp. owns the Karowe diamond mine in Botswana, one the foremost producers of very large, high quality Type […]
Tres-Or drills Guigues kimberlite in Quebec
The Guigues kimberlite pipe in northern Quebec, 10 km from Notre-Dame-du-Nord, was discovered by De Beers in 1983. But despite its long history, it […]
COPPER-GOLD: Orestone kicks off exploration campaign at Resguardo
CHILE – Orestone Mining just kicked off an exploration program on the Resguardo property in northern Chile. In a press release, the […]
ZINC: Tinka cuts high grade at Ayawilca
PERU – Vancouver-based Tinka Resources has intersected several zones of high grade zinc mineralization in the final hole of this year’s drill program at […]
GOLD: Newmont Goldcorp sells Red Lake mines to Australia’s Evolution for US$475M
DENVER – Newmont Goldcorp of Denver, Colo., has agreed to sell Red Lake Mines Ltd. to Evolution Mining of Australia. Evolution has […]
GOLD: Moneta updates South West deposit resources at Golden Highway
ONTARIO – Toronto-based Moneta Porcupine Mines has updated the mineral resource for the South West gold deposit at its Golden Highway project […]
COAL: Colonial’s Huguenot PEA strictly open pit
BRITISH COLUMBIA – Vancouver’s Colonial Coal International has released the results of the preliminary economic assessment for the Huguenot open pit coking […]
SOFTWARE: Deswik launches new GeoTools to take geological mapping into the digital era
BRISBANE – Deswik, the leading Australian mining software developer, has launched a new set of tools for geological mapping and sampling. Deswik.Mapping […]
John Hathaway on the Detour gold mine
John Hathaway, chairman of Tocqueville Management Corp., called Detour Lake a “trophy mine” when he was interviewed by Northern Miner group publisher […]
Gladiator cuts 30 metres at 1.03% copper at Arctic Chief trend near Whitehorse
Gladiator Metals (TSXV: GLAD; OTCQB: GDTRF) has reported on its first drill program at the Arctic Chief Trend in the Whitehorse Copper […]