NEW POLL - Employee turnover rate
Our new Hot Topic poll is this: “The shortage of experienced workers in mining and mineral exploration seems to hav… [Full Story]
Mining news: exploration
Taseko’s Gibraltar Mine installs Wenco Fleet Management
June 2008 – Vancouver, BC. Taseko’s Gibraltar Copper Mine has installed Wenco’s Fleet Management System. Wenco’s fleet management system is a key component to Taseko’s major expansion and modernization plan.
Wenco will install 23 units of their onboard Axon computer hardware and software for the entire truck, shovel, loader, drill and crusher equipment fleets, and three [...]
Forestry town begins mineral search
Kapuskasing Mayor Alan Spacek only had to stroll through the Prospectors and Developers trade show in Toronto this spring to gauge the level of exploration interest in his corner of Ontario’s Clay Belt.
When he was prowling through the hospitality suites, shaking hands and promoting the town of 8,500 for mineral development, [...]
Robert Lipic - MTI’s CEO is at the core of the mining industry
By IAN ROSS - Norther Ontario Business
Mining is a core Canadian industry and Sudbury’s Robert Lipic has been at the centre of it for more than 40 years.
“Never in my fondest dreams did I ever envision I’d be in the mining equipment business and banging on international doors to open up new [...]
SOUTH Australia is moving into the mining big league with minerals prospects outstripping those of Western Australia
Mining is poised to overtake wine as the state’s dominant industry, Mr Rann told the National Press Club in Canberra today.
“Spending on mining exploration has increased 10-fold in five years, now outstripping every state other than WA,” Mr Rann said…more at Adelaide Now
MOLYBDENUM EXPLORATION - Drilling expands Moly Brook deposit
NEWFOUNDLAND - Based on the latest drill results, TENAJON RESOURCES of Vancouver is confident that its Moly Brook d… [Full Story]
Web apps drive efficiencies
Four Leaf Solutions has doubled and tripled its workforce every year since 2002
Software developer Four Leaf Solutions may be one of Sudbury’s best-kept secrets. Founded in 1997 by four Sudbury programmers, the company flew under the radar for five years. In 2002, the volume of work justified the hiring of two or three employees. Since [...]
Santa Fe Gold Agrees to Purchase Processing Equipment and Real Property for Summit Silver-Gold Project
ALBUQUERQUE, NM–(Marketwire - June 3, 2008) - Santa Fe Gold Corp (OTCBB: SFEG), a U.S.-based mining and exploration enterprise focused on gold, silver, copper and industrial minerals, today announced that it had entered into a definitive agreement with St. Cloud Mining Company (”St. Cloud”), a New Mexico corporation, to purchase St. [...]
GOLD EXPLORATION - Westwood schedule advanced
QUEBEC - Toronto-based IAMGOLD has accelerated work at its Westwood advanced underground gold project. The goal is … [Full Story]
GOLD EXPLORATION - Madsen underground program ahead of schedule
ONTARIO - CLAUDE RESOURCES of Saskatoon, Sask., is preparing to begin the underground drill program from the 12th l… [Full Story]
Nautilus produces clean high-grade copper from PNG seafloor
Nautilus Minerals has announced it has been able to produce clean high-grade copper concentrate from its sea-floor site in Papua New Guinea.
Whither Peruvian gold?
Reporting from the VIII International Gold Symposium in Lima, MinerAndina says Miguel Cardozo, Chairman and CEO of junior company Alturas Minerals, forecast that Peru’s gold production would decline to 115 t/y, starting in 2016, when Yanacocha runs out of ore, if no more major exploration efforts are undertaken and unless more creative work is conducted by geologists. [...]
