Newmont rethinks Hope Bay (October 27, 2008)
Rather than proceed with a mine plan conceived by former owner Miramar Mining that would see production begin this year, Denver, Colo.-based Newmont Mining (nmc-t, nem-n) has taken a step back at the …
Ekati Diamond Mine
EKATI snubs union’s proposal
EKATI Diamond Mine says the latest offer from the union doesn’t meet the “flexibility requirements” it needs to ope…
BHP Billiton gains foothold in Nunavut diamond plays
Hunter Exploration Group, a private exploration and prospecting firm based in Vancouver, has agreed to sell its minority interest in a couple of promising diamond plays in Nunavut to BHP Billiton (BHP…
Gahcho Kue study falls short
The Gahcho Kue diamond project in the Northwest Territories is remaining on the back burner after an updated desktop study by De Beers failed to meet a critical 15% internal rate of return required to…
Higher gold price adds pizzazz to PDAC convention
Consolidation, sustainability, and the allure of the mysterious East: the 71st annual convention of the Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) did not want for themes.It seems gold is n…
Towards sustainable mining
“The return on investment from aggressively improving company-wide sustainable development knowledge and initiatives can make other traditional investment initiatives seem trivial.”– Bob Willard, The…
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…
BC & Yukon Chamber gives Pezim Award to John Brock Bernanke
John Brock, president of Vancouver-based Badger and Co. Management, will receive the Murray Pezim Award from the British Columbia & Yukon Chamber of Mines.He and 10 other leaders in the west coast’s e…
BHP Billiton drops Ekati brand
London-based BHP Billiton has dropped its Ekati diamond brand in favour of Aurias, a brand already known in markets outside North America.The company previously sold diamonds under the Ekati brand nam…
Kennecott ups diamond search at Rockinghorse
While Tahera (TAH-T) awaits details of next year’s budget for the Rockinghorse project in the Coronation Gulf diamond district of Nunavut, its joint-venture partner, Kennecott Canada Exploration, is c…
SouthernEra sees potential at Sue
Encouraged by the microdiamond results from this past year’s drilling on the Sue kimberlite pipe at the Yamba Lake project in the Northwest Territories, SouthernEra Resources (SUF-T) will test about a…
Canada’s second diamond mine prepares for startup
With prestripping well under way following dewatering of the A-154 open pit, construction and commissioning of the Diavik diamond project in Canada’s barren north is on budget and ahead of schedule.Th…