OM Group grabs Cawse nickel mine
Cleveland, Ohio-based specialty-metals giant OM Group (OMG-N) has acquired the mineral rights and chemical processing capabilities of the Cawse nickel-cobalt laterite operation in Western Australia.De…
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High Grade zone extends deeper (January 07, 2002)
Deep drilling at the Red Lake mine of Goldcorp (G-T) has extended the producing High Grade zone at depth.Hole 34L-860GW cut 2.4 metres of the HW5 lens at a vertical depth of 2,061 metres, extending it…
US markets up over the holidays
Markets in the U.S. enjoyed a modest boost over the Dec. 21-Jan. 1 report period, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 36.32 points to surpass the 10,000-mark and the Standard and Poor’s 500 a…
Otish Mountains diamond play heats up
Confirmation that two “kimberlitic” discoveries in the Otish Mountains region of north-central Quebec are diamondiferous has focused attention on the area.Prior to the Christmas holidays, Ashton Minin…
Quebec, Ontario top Fraser rankings
Quebec and Ontario tied for top spot in a survey that considered the attractiveness of mining regions to investors. The survey, the fifth in as many years, was conducted by The Fraser Institute in Van…
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A critical time for Argentina
Mining, to a greater degree than most heavy industries, relies on demand from the emerging markets. Industrializing economies, historically, have used about twice as much metal per unit of production …
Gren Thomas our Man of the Year in 2001
Perseverance may not always find its reward, but for a mining man and explorationist that knows the North, the development of the Diavik diamond mine in the Northwest Territories is a rich reward for …
Trading Summary (January 04, 2002)
The base metal and technology shares led the Toronto Stock Exchange to a 59.04-point gain to end the holiday-shorte…
Wayside misses Mosquito payment (January 04, 2002)
Vancouver — Failing to make a required $100,000 payment to Mosquito Consolidated Gold Mines (MSQ-V), International…
Kinross drops Clavos option
Kinross Gold’s (K-T) option to acquire the Clavos gold property from United Tex-Sol Mines (UTXa-V) expired at the e…
U.S. Mining deaths hit historic low in 2001
Mining-related deaths in the United States fell to their lowest levels since records have been kept during 2001, de…