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Taseko moves rock at Gibraltar (September 27, 2004)

Vancouver — Preparation work by Taseko Mines (TKO-V) on its Gibraltar open-pit copper mine, located near Williams Lake in south-central British Columbia, is readying the project for reactivation of commercial operations in Octo…


Aerial view of Expatriate Resources' field camp at its Finlayson Lake project in the Yukon.

Expatriate sees Wolverine as stand-alone operation

Whitehorse, Yukon — The recent resurgence in metal prices has breathed new life into the Finlayson Lake district where Expatriate Resources (EXR-V) now appears set to develop its Wolverine massive-sulphide deposit as a stand-al…


Comaplex Minerals' Meliadine West exploration and drilling camp, near Rankin Inlet in Nunavut.

Meliadine West drilling ends on high note

Vancouver — Drilling by Comaplex Minerals (CMF-T) on the Meliadine West project in Nunavut has returned significant high-grade results, extending the known gold mineralization along strike from the Main Tiriganiaq deposit.


Terry MacGibbon, president and CEO of FNX Mining (left), and Robert Dengler, president and CEO of Dynatec, celebrate the reopening of their McCreedy West nickel mine, north of Sudbury, Ont.

FNX, Dynatec reopen McCreedy West (September 27, 2004)

Levack, Ont. — The owners of the Sudbury Joint Venture — FNX Mining (FNX-T), with 75%, and Dynatec (DY-T), with 25% — recently celebrated the reopening of the McCreedy West mine in southeastern Ontario. McC…


Cambior slides on news of layoffs at Doyon

Shares in Cambior (CBJ-T) fell nearly 5% in Toronto on Sept. 13, after the company said that the lagging effects of a rock fall earlier this spring has forced the layoff of some 130 employees at its Doyon mine in northwestern Qu…


Questioning business in China

The U.S. copper industry must compete with a business climate in China that is rife with smuggling, bribes and illegal subsidies, according to Smuggling, Bribes and Subsidies: The Copper Industry in China, a paper published by a trade group repres…


RBC hires Stymiest

Royal Bank of Canada (RY-T) has appointed Barbara Stymiest, former CEO of the TSX Group (X-T), as its new chief operating officer.


Nevada Pacific, Placer ink two Nevada deals

Vancouver — Nevada Pacific Gold (NPG-V) has signed two more deals with Placer Dome (PDG-T) on gold properties in northern Nevada, one in the Cortez area and the other in the Carlin trend.


FNX, Maple to drill Mt. Kakoulima

After spending much of the year in preparation, Sudbury’s third-largest nickel miner, FNX Mining (FNX-T), will soon launch a 5,000-metre drilling campaign at its Mt. Kakoulima nickel-sulphide project in Guinea, West Africa.



Blackstone, Falco hit high grade

Blackstone Ventures (BLV-V) and Sulfidmalm, a wholly owned unit of Falconbridge (FL-T), have drilled significant nickel on their Espedalen project in Norway.


Rock liner bursts on the scene

Falconbridge, 3M Canada and Sandvik Tamrock are developing a spray-on polymer liner to replace the awkward mesh wiring bolted into mine walls to prevent rock bursts.


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