Development work and marketing of the mining automation technologies of Noranda Minerals will be undertaken by Societe des Technologies Appliquees du Saguenay (STAS). Noranda says its agreement with S…
A subsidiary of Corner Bay Minerals (TSE) has signed a letter of intent with a subsidiary of Magma Copper (NYSE) concerning the Cerro Verde copper project near San Javier in Sonora state. The companie…
The Amelia heap-leach gold mine near the Mexican town of Magdelena in the state of Sonora poured its first gold in January of this year. Owner Minera Roca Roja said that during the first three months …
Active on three copper oxide prospects in Mexico, Corner Bay Minerals (TSE) has optioned one of the projects, Las Vigas, to Dragon Gem (VSE). Dragon Gem is earning a 50% interest in the property in Ch…
A Canadian exploration service group with Mexican professionals trained in Canada and the U.S. has set up the CANAMEX Centre in Hermosillo. There are four general categories of mining support services…
A new Mexican president was elected this summer and his party, which has ruled the country for the past 65 years, kept a solid majority in both houses of the General Congress. In the presidential vote…
The Canada Business Centre opened its doors Sept. 1 in Mexico City. The Mexican operation is Canada’s first stand-alone trade centre. It provides Canadian business people with a “work place” other tha…
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A new gold rush is on, not in the storied mines of the Klondike but south of the Rio Grande, in Mexico’s mineral-rich ground. Thanks to a dramatic liberalization of Mexico’s policies on the mining sec…
Having taken it on the chin in the recent recession, metals producers — and their customers — are bouncing back in championship style. By shedding non-core assets and reducing costs by remarkable pe…
Preparing La Cienega mine in the northwest of Durango state for underground production this year is the Penoles group. The project’s deposits sit in a 4-km-long system of quartz veins and host gold-si…
Outgoing Mexican President Carlos Salinas de Gortari and former Italian trade minister Renato Ruggiero are the favorites to head the new World Trade Organization (WTO), diplomats said recently in Gene…
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