Xstrata’s (XTA-L) coal division is wasting little time in advancing its recently secured coal fields in B.C.’s Peace River region, as it and 25% joint-venture partner JX Nippon Oil and Energy launch into a $35-million prefeasibility…
Labour relations in Canada took a step backwards in late May, as federal Labour Minister Lisa Raitt tabled back-to-work legislation to end a walkout by 4,800 Canadian Pacific Railway locomotive engineers and conductors that began on May 23 as a…
GE pursues two underground equipment makers
Abzu Gold — Allan Serwa resigned as CEO; Tim McCutcheon appointed CEO and a director.Alcoa — Max Laun appointed VP and general counsel; Donna Dabney top retire Aug. 1 as VP and corporate secretary; Audrey Strauss appointed chief…
The Fukushima nuclear disaster may have winded the nuclear power and uranium markets, but the furious pace of consolidation in the uranium mining sector is leaving investors betting on the next takeover target.So far this year, no less than…
Ivanhoe Mines (IVN-T, IVN-N) is shifting gears as it adjusts to Rio Tinto (RIO-N) having acquired a majority ownership stake in the company, and first production approaches at its Oyu Tolgoi copper-gold-silver mine in Mongolia.Ivanhoe released…
Hana Mining’s (HMG-V) share price dropped 68% after the company released a long-awaited preliminary economoc assessment (PEA) on the Banana zone and zone 5 at its 70%-owned Ghanzi copper-silver project in northeastern Botswana.The news…
Proving there is healthy demand for new graphite plays, new entrant Bolero Resources’ (BRU-V) share price nearly doubled after announcing it had secured prospective graphite claims in northern Ontario.The claims are contiguous to Northern…
VANCOUVER — Mineral Mountain Resources (MMV-V) is betting that the legendary Homestake gold belt still has some life left in it.
VANCOUVER — Copper Fox Metals’ (CUU-V) 70%-owned Schaft Creek deposit is even bigger now thanks to a resource update, but it will still be months before its known how feasible the project actually is.
An article in the April 30-May 6, 2012, issue of The Northern Miner discussed the European Union’s ban on the use of lead in products sold in Europe and the resulting use of tin, silver and bismuth in solder for electronics to reduce…
VANCOUVER — Mawson Resources’ (MAW-T) share price has spiked after releasing a bonanza-grade hit from its Rompas property in northern Finland.
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