OTTAWA – Last week Natural Resources Canada announced that it is giving $2 million to the Canadian Mining Innovation Council to develop energy efficient mining technology. The goal is to reduce energy use at mine sites, cut costs, and make…
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EDMONTON – Alberta Innovates is joining federal, provincial, municipal and industry partners to create a unique method of reclamation at the Paintearth coal mine at Forestburg, Alta. The mine is owned by Westmorland Mining of Englewood, Colo. The Biosa…
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NEWFOUNDLAND – Toronto-based Marathon Gold Corp. is intersecting good grades as it drills to the northeast and southeast of the Main zone at the Valentine gold project 55 km south of Buchans. The drill campaign is part of the company’s…
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AUSTRALIA – Working in collaboration with its mining customers, Dyno Nobel invested in product development, creating an innovative system can reduce drilling, deliver a tailored explosive energy profile into blastholes in a single pass from mobile proc…
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Global mining companies operating in Mexico are working with the country’s mining chamber, Camimex, to determine the impact of Mexico’s President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s statement earlier this month that no new mining concessions will be handed o…
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AUSTRALIA – The Australian Bureau of Statistics released this week the country’s exploration expenditure data for the quarter ended in June 2019. According to the report, total mineral exploration expenditure rose 31.1% to A$663.1 million. In detail, e…
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TORONTO – Minera Alamos has acquired a 16% interest in Prime Mining – formerly known as ePower Metals – after buying 9.45 million Prime shares at 30¢ per share on August 30. The transaction was part of an option agreement signed in June…
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VANCOUVER – Teck Resources has released its second “Climate Action and Portfolio Resilience” report. It outlines how the company will go forward producing products that are essential in a low carbon future while tackling climate change. The report anal…
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YUKON – Go Metals Corp. of Vancouver is pleased with the latest results from its Monster iron ore-copper-gold property in the Dawson district. Ninety grab samples have been analyzed, and the best copper sample was 22.3%. Not every sample ran…
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CALGARY – De Beers Group has awarded US$43,200 in post-secondary scholarships to nine Canadian women as part of its commitment to advancing women and girls in countries where the company produces diamonds. The scholarships are each worth US$4,800. The …
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