VANCOUVER — Tough economic times and reduced access to capital will force companies to narrow their exploration efforts on “best-of-breed” mineral deposits, commodity experts told delegates at Roundup 2010, a recent conference sponsored by the…
SITE VISIT MARATHON, ONT. — Named after a paper mill company that created jobs and sparked a population boom about 65 years ago, Marathon is now a town dwindling in size with a hurting economy.Marathon Pulp shut suddenly last year putting…
VANCOUVER — Labrador Iron Mines Holding’s (LIM-T) is well on its way to opening a direct-shipping iron ore (DSO) mine near Schefferville, Que., Newfoundland and Labrador, The provincial cabinet has now given the project final environmental…
BHP Billiton (BHP-N, BBL-L) chief Marius Kloppers told Australian Broadcasting Corp.’s “Inside Business” program in an interview on Feb. 12 that rebounding demand from China is likely to push up bench…
Analysts are applauding Mega Uranium’s (MGA-T, MGAFF-O) decision to spin off its South American uranium assets to U3O8 Corp. (UWE-V).
VANCOUVER — A 20-hole drill program at the Silverjack project in New Brunswick has started to delineate a well-mineralized silver-copper- zinc-lead zone for owner Slam Exploration (SXL-V).
Mining has been an integral part of British Columbia’s economy for more than 150 years. The industry was a strong performer again in 2009 with value of solid mineral production of about $5.7 billion from eight metal mines, nine coal mines and…
With the price of gold breaking the US$1,000-per-oz. mark, and the gradual upward trend of gold prices since April last year, the search for new gold targets in Yukon became an increasingly attractive activity during the 2009 exploration…
Ontario is a world-ranked producer of many minerals, with a rich mining history spanning more than a century. Over that time, total metal production in the province has exceeded $363 billion from, among other commodities, 10 million tonnes of…
Like most sectors of the global economy, Manitoba’s mining industry was negatively affected by the economic downturn that gripped the world in the latter half of 2008 and in 2009. After experiencing u…
As of February 2010, diamond drills are being mobilized and dormant projects are being revived. This is markedly different from the start of 2009, when the global economic downturn battered exploratio…
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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