For his 43 years of reporting at The Northern Miner, M.R. (Mort) Brown will receive a lifetime achievement award.The presentation will be made at the Journalism Awards ceremony during the annual gener…
Production at TVX Gold’s Casa Berardi gold mine in northwestern Quebec has been halted following a walkout by 220 employees.Members of Casa Berardi Syndicat des Metallos d’Amerique union rejected the …
The world’s top gold producer — that’s the title Barrick Gold (TSE) hopes to win in the years ahead through key acquisitions, worldwide exploration and a network of joint ventures.Chairman Peter Munk…
Even when surrounded by its own shareholders, Noranda (TSE) can not avoid the controversy over the New World gold-copper-silver project in Montana.At the annual meeting, shareholder James Barrett, a r…
As a result of a previously unidentified lost-time accident at Placer Dome’s Campbell gold mine, the mine is correcting its claim to a Canadian safety record.Placer Dome reported 1.8 million man hours…
Partners Imperial Metals (TSE) and Sumitomo are developing, under a revised agreement, the Mount Polley gold-copper project in central British Columbia.The new agreement gives Sumitomo a 45% interest …
Charles Fipke, best known for discovering diamonds in Canada’s North, is now searching for gold in Nevada and investigating the mineral potential of Yemen.He is doing so in his new capacity as chairma…
As part of a strategy to boost international exploration, Inco (TSE) has formed a “strategic alliance” with juniors Cornucopia Resources (TSE) and Carlin Resources (VSE) to develop base metal projects…
The Grouse Creek gold mine in central Idaho will continue to operate for at least one year while the Sunbeam open pit is mined out.The future of the mine had been in doubt since Hecla Mining (NYSE) an…
Those investors who like the Voisey’s Bay deposit in Labrador as much as Inco (TSE) can continue to invest in the project through “VBN” shares, which will be issued by Inco as part of its proposed tak…
Although the Murrin Murrin nickel-cobalt project near Lenora, Australia, is not expected to enter production until early 1998, other nickel producers are watching the project closely, as its processin…
It would seem firefighting is still a popular approach to environmental management for many Canadian companies. That, at least, is the conclusion we can draw from a recent survey on environmental mana…
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