Exploration Activity Holds Steady In Nunavut
As Nunavut celebrated its 10th anniversary as a territory, the exploration and mining industry had reason to be encouraged in 2009 as well. Despite a challenging economy, Nunavut saw the construction …
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Staking Intensifies For Potash, Lithium
At the end of last year, 100,000 sq. km had been staked for industrial and metallic minerals exploration in Alberta –about 24,000 sq. km of that during 2009.
Diversity Sees Saskatchewan Through The Doldrums
In 2008, for the first time ever, Saskatchewan led the country with about $9.7 billion in mineral sales. In 2009, however, preliminary indications are that the value of mineral sales declined, reflect…
Mineral Exploration Set For A Rebound
As commodity prices continue to rebound, New Brunswick’s mineral industry is expected to gain strength with a number of advanced projects anticipated to reach the mining stage in the near future. The …
Light At The End Of The Tunnel
The mineral industry in Newfoundland and Labrador continued to enjoy a relatively strong level of activity in 2009 as measured by historical standards. Projected expenditures on exploration and deposi…
Industrial Minerals Lead The Way In Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia continues to offer investment opportunities to the mineral industry with proven industrial mineral, metallic mineral and coal deposits. The province’s Atlantic coast location provides stra…
Higher Zinc Prices In 2011, Says Bank Of America Merrill Lynch
After languishing since 2007, demand for zinc is set to rebound over the next year and particularly in 2011 as the steel industry improves, analysts at Bank of America Merrill Lynch forecast in a Febr…
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Mining-Software Company Mintec Turns 40
With four decades under its belt, mining software consultants Mintec continue to innovate.
Chilean Mines Mostly Unscathed
A massive earthquake that struck central Chile, 115 km northeast of Concepcion and about 325 km southwest of Santiago, on Feb. 27 has claimed the lives of at least 700 people and destroyed more than h…
Antares’ Haquira Grows To 11B Lbs. Copper
VANCOUVER — A new resource estimate for Antares Minerals’ (ANM-V) Haquira copper-molybdenum- gold project in southern Peru has lifted the project’s contained copper count above 11 billion lbs., and p…
People (March 08, 2010)
Alcoa — John Thuestad elected executive VP and group president of Global Primary Products, succeeding a retiring Bernt Reitan.