Raglan mine workers reject new offer from Glencore as standstill enters its ninth week
Workers at Glencore’s Raglan nickel mine in Nunavik rejected the company’s latest offer this week, as a labour dispute that has halted most of the…
Raglan Mine
Glencore suspends production at Raglan mine in Nunavik after workers strike
Production at Glencore’s (LSE: GLEN) Raglan nickel mine at Nunavik has been suspended as hundreds of unionized workers went on strike for the first time…
Glencore seeks provincial mediation after Raglan workers vote for strike action
Nunavik-based Raglan mine, owned by Glencore (LSE: GLEN), has asked Quebec’s Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Solidarity to appoint an independent mediator to facilitate…
Canadian Royalties pegs Mesamax resource
Vancouver — An independent resource estimate for the Mesamax zone has verified the economic potential of the Expo-Ungava nickel-copper-platinum-palladium property in northern Quebec.Glenn Mullan, pre…
Financing mining in Quebec
In 2002, mining investment in Quebec amounted to roughly $752 million, a significant drop from the $1.2 billion recorded in 2001. The decline can be explained mostly by the completion of three major m…
Junior exchange continues bearish trend (April 21, 2003)
Vancouver — Canada’s junior exchange drifted lower during the lacklustre report period ended April 15. The S&P-TSX Venture Exchange composite index fell 3.78 points, or 0.36% of its value, to close a…
Barrick’s Davidson honoured for long, long career
In the late 1970s, Alex Davidson, then a student at McGill University, was attending the annual PDAC convention in Toronto when he stuck his head inside the Canadian room at the Royal York Hotel to ca…
Healthy prices, discoveries spur nickel exploration
After losing ground to their trendy laterite cousins a few years ago, nickel sulphide deposits — hosts of the giant Sudbury, Voisey’s Bay and Norilsk orebodies — are back in fashion.Nickel sulphide …
Gov’t helps Inuit drilling firm
The federal government has given $100,000 to Inuit-owned Nuvumiut Drilling so it can buy prospecting and drilling equipment. The move is designed to allow the Inuit of Salluit and Kangiqsujuaq in far-…
Kyoto won’t hurt mining
Canada’s mining industry has been a constructive contributor to our shared search for solutions to environmental challenges.In addition to representing the economic interests of your sectors, you [in …
Northern Labrador gets a chance to do it right Nickel, and timing
The schedule said that in early December the Innu of Davis Inlet, in northern Labrador, could begin moving to the newly built town of Natuashish, 15 km west on the Labrador mainland.Whether that miles…
Collahuasi, Lomas Bayas firm up Falco earnings (July 29, 2002)
Higher sales volumes combined with newfound production from the Lomas Bayas mine in Chile to keep Falconbridge (FL-T) financially steady during the three months ended June 30.The company earned more t…