GOLD: BHP increases stake in SolGold
ECUADOR – BHP Billiton is spending US$22 million to boost its stake in Australian junior SolGold to 14.7% from 11.1%, making it one of the […]
Marilyn Scales
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COPPER-ZINC: Kutcho Copper recoveries 94.5% for copper, 89.3% for zinc
BRITISH COLUMBIA – Ongoing metallurgical tests conducted for Vancouver-based Kutcho Copper Corp. on material from its Kutcho project 100 km east of […]
COBALT-GOLD: Fortune, Tlicho sign deal for NICO access road
NORTHWEST TERRITORIES – Fortune Minerals of London, Ont., had the Tlicho government have signed an agreement supporting the NICO cobalt-gold-bismuth-copper project 160 […]
MINERAL PROCESSING: Bio-based xanthates step toward greener plants
NEW YORK CITY – From Persistence Market Research comes news of bio-based xanthates as a means of making mineral processing more environmentally […]
MINING PEOPLE: Canada Cobalt, Colonial Coal, Great Bear, Goldsource, and NorZinc
Canada Cobalt Works, based in Coquitlam, B.C., has named Matt Halliday its new VP exploration, effective in mid-December. A graduate of Dalhousie […]
SCREENING: Haver & Boecker offers 3-year Uptime warranty
ST. CATHARINES, Ont. – Haver & Boecker Niagara, specialists in mineral processing, offers the aggregate and mining industries’ only three-year warranty program […]
Troilus Gold boosts resource in Quebec
Single-asset company Troilus Gold (TSX: TLG; US-OTC: CHXMF) has updated the resource estimate for its wholly owned Troilus gold project, 170 km north of […]
GOLD: Archaeologist finds uncommon social relations at mining town
MONTANA – Nineteenth Century miners working in Highland City had a level of societal integration uncommon in North America at the time. […]
LEAD: Glencore’s closure of Brunswick smelter won’t impact Caribou, Trevali says
NEW BRUNSWICK – Glencore’s decision earlier this month to permanently close its Brunswick lead smelter in New Brunswick by the end of […]
GOLD: Premier, Centerra, First Nations ink final agreement for Hardrock project
ONTARIO – Greenstone Gold Mines – a 50:50 joint venture of Toronto’s Centerra Gold and Premier Gold Mines based in Thunder Bay, […]
GOLD: McEwen sets public offering at $50M
TORONTO – McEwen Mining is making a public offering of 37.75 million units, each at a price of US$1.325, to raise US$50 […]
SOFTWARE: New costing add-on from RPMGlobal
AUSTRALIA – RPMGlobal has launched a new version of its dedicated asset lifecycle costing software – AMT – that is designed to […]
What have you done today that did not involve a mineral?
Marketing: Mining a mineral message (Part 1) Mike Commito and Steve Gravel concluded their article with the invitation: “If you have your […]