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New deal rises at CCR
Unionized workers at Noranda’s Canadian Copper Refinery in Montreal have voted 83% in favour of a new, 3-year labour agreement.
Formation Capital drills Idaho Cobalt (June 07, 2004)
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Improving gravity thickeners
A research program in Australia delivered A$295 million in direct benefits to the minerals-processing industry over the past six years, based on an investment of about A$10 million.
Mongolia poised to reap mining boom
Mongolia, in the vast Central Asian valleys, is at the dawn of an enthralling geological and mining boom.
The Northern Miner Indices (June 07, 2004)
North American Mining: 100.07 (-0.52)…
Major find in Battle Mountain trend
Discoveries by majors do not often receive the attention or accolades they deserve, as in the case of Cortez Hills in Nevada. Discovered by
Gold stocks lose out
There were modest gains in the U.S. stock markets over the report period May 26-June 1, with the S&P 500 index adding 8.15 points to close at 1,121.20 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average adding 85.03 points to finish at 10,202.65.
Bema gets Kupol assessment
Vancouver — The Kupol gold-silver project in the Chukotka region of northeastern Russia has received a positive preliminary economic assessment,
Ceramext plant gets go-ahead
Emgold’s subsidiary, Golden Bear Ceramics, will build a Ceramext pilot plant, designed to produce ceramic tiles and bricks from mine tailings. The process is currently at the bench-scale testing phase.
Room at the top
At the beginning of April this space was given over to an editorial entitled “Consolidation, or not,” which questioned whether there was much consolidation left to be done in the gold industry. Within an hour of our placing that column, Iamgold an…
Viceroy drills Gualcayamo
Vancouver — Early drilling by