Aker Kvaerner to relocate, expand technology shop
Norwegian engineering powerhouse Aker Kvaerner has announced plans to relocate the company’s fabrication shop to Pickering, Ont.
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Western Canadian Coal to acquire Falls Mountain
Close on the heels of completing a $40-million private placement of convertible debentures late last year, Western Canadian Coal (WTN-T, WTN-L) says it is set to acquire Cambrian Mining’s (CGIIF-O, CB…
PEOPLE (March 24, 2008)
Anaconda Mining — John McBride appointed chairman of the board of directors; Lewis Lawrick appointed president and CEO. He remains a director. Anglo SwissResources– Edward Nunn appointed a director….
Pico Envirotec Inc.
Mr Bob Pavlik President of Pico Envirotec Inc. of 222 Snidercroft Road, Concord Ontario announced that the board had appointed Patrick Cunneen to be Chairman of the company. Pico Envirotec manufacture…
And the winner is
There are two recipients of this year’s Distinguished Service Award from the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada, which was handed out at the PDAC awards night in March. Top: Donald Musta…
Platinum price volatile as South African power crisis continues
VANCOUVER — Broken generators and cold, wet weather are once again threatening operations at South African mines and forcing the country’s residents to endure rolling blackouts.
Eldorado inks iron ore deal with BHP
VANCOUVER — Eldorado Gold (ELD-T, EGO-X) has signed an agreement to sell future iron ore production from its 75%-owned Vila Nova project, in northern Brazil’s Amapa state, to mining giant BHP Billito…
Pencari quietly builds Madagascar holdings;Pencari quietly builds Madagascar holdings
About 15% of the land available for mining in Madagascar is unclaimed and it’s going fast, the country’s minister of energy and mines, Elyse Razaka, told The Northern Miner during an interview at the …
The uranium bottleneck
Be prepared for continued volatility in the uranium market this year, but don’t expect the crazy price jumps of 2007, warned Ux Consulting senior vice-president Eric Webb at the recent Prospectors and…
Minco Gold releases resource for Changkeng
Drive for half an hour southwest of Guangzhou — China’s fourth-largest city of 13 million people, across the border from Hong Kong — and you’ll come across the Changkeng gold project, where Minco Go…
TSX VENTURE EXCHANGE (March 24, 2008)
U. S. credit market woes trumped gold’s recent surge through the US$1,000-per-oz. threshold, prompting a 99.44-point slide in the S&P-TSX Venture Composite Index, which closed the March 11-17 trad…
Thompson Creek reports solid 2007;Thompson Creek
Th o m p s o n Creek Metals’ (TCM-T, TC-N) year-end financials show the company is on solid ground a year and a half after completing a US$575 -m i l – lion acquisition that gave it producing molybden…