Unimin Canada has been recognized by a U.S.-based environmental group for continuing reclamation and wildlife programs at a former nepheline syenite operation near Peterborough, Ont.The Bethesda, Md.-…
Lakefield Research has opened a commercial mineral testing laboratory in Johannesburg, South Africa.The facility was purchased from Johannesburg-based Gold Fields Mining & Development in a deal design…
JKS Boyles International, a manufacturer of underground and surface diamond drill equipment, has been acquired by Stockholm-based Atlas Copco.JKS Boyles now belongs to the Atlas Copco Craelius stable …
The Klondike gold rush of 1898 will be discussed at the next luncheon of the Vancouver branch of the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum, to be held Nov. 29 at 12 noon at the Stanle…
Colin Coats, a former chief geologist with Falconbridge, has died of cancer.Born in Scotland, Coats obtained a degree at the University of Edinburgh before emigrating to Canada to complete his educati…
A workforce reduction was not sufficient to keep Hillsborough Resources (HLB-T) in the black at its 63%-held Quinsam coal division near Campbell River, B.C.The company laid off 130 employees in July, …
In the mid- to late-1980s, my apprenticeship as a geologist at the Dome and Paymaster gold mines, and more recent exploration work in the Hoyle Pond belt of the Timmins-Porcupine camp, afforded me the…
Holt International Investments (HLT-V) has changed its name to Argent Resources (AOU-V).
Montreal-based Allican Resources (ALI-M) has raised $1.2 million for studies related to a ferrochrome production project in Thetford Mines, Que.The funds were raised from various sources. The company …
Mining companies are being battered left and right by low commodity prices and investor apathy, with junior companies bearing the brunt of the frontal assault. That might explain why only two companie…
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Lower-than-planned production at the Refugio gold mine in northern Chile contributed to a third-quarter loss for Bema Gold (BGO-T).The company posted a loss of US$6.8 million (or 6 cents per share) on…
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