Scout drilling at the Victoria gold property in west-central Peru has identified a gold-bearing structure for partners Pangea Goldfields (PGD-T) and Sundust Resources (SUN-M).Hole 77 intersected 2.3 m…
Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan (POT-T) has issued an announcement that weak prices for nitrogen will cut into its third-quarter earnings.The company said that earnings per share for the quarter should b…
Atacama Minerals (AAM-V) is gearing up to become a producer of industrial mineral products in Latin America.The company’s wholly owned Aguas Blancas project comprises 22,000 ha in Chile’s Atacama Dese…
As a result of a successful financing deal and promising joint venture negotiations, construction of a mine at the Udon Thani potash project of Asia Pacific Resources (APG-T) in Thailand could begin e…
Falconbridge (FL-T) says it expects to lose 10,000 tonnes of nickel in ferronickel production at its Dominican Republic operations.The figure combines lost production during a 10-day shutdown caused b…
Drilling is under way on a copper oxide target at the Picuda property in southern Peru.The project’s operator is Adrian Resources (ADL-T), which can earn a 63% interest by spending US$900,000 on explo…
Degussa Canada has opened a sodium cyanide supply terminal in Cadillac, Que.The enclosed terminal, which will supply mining operations in Ontario and Quebec, was built on a rail line and includes lab …
Laurentian University in Sudbury and the Mines and Aggregates Safety and Health Association (MASHA) will jointly study ergonomic health problems affecting miners.The project will create an joint ergon…
Consortium of three juniors takes up 80% interest in Kinver Four Canadian companies have banded together to buy a majority interest in Australian firm Kinver Mining.The conglomerate — including Elles…
Partners Auspex Minerals (APJ-V) and International Vestor Resources (IVS-V) have released initial results from their surface drill program on the Feitais deposit in Aljustrel, Portugal.To date, four h…
Northern Miner StaffOften overshadowed by metals and hydrocarbons, the industrial minerals sector was a $3-billion business in 1997, providing about 15% of the value of Canada’s mineral production. Ad…
Thanks to improved operations at its half-owned Sleeping Giant and Beaufor gold mines in Quebec’s Abitibi region, Aurizon Mines (ARZ-T) has posted record gold production for the first three quarters o…
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