Speaking at the World Mining Investment Congress in London last week, for which International Mining was the lead media partner, Gordon R. Peeling, President and CEO of The Mining Association of Canada, noted that Canada’s mining industry currently employs 388,000 Canadians (being the largest private sector employer, and growing, of Aboriginal Canadians) and accounts for 4% […]

The Stamford Plaza Hotel, Brisbane, Australia, is the venue for a week of conferences in August/September organised by MEI. The week kicks off with Discrete Element Methods ‘07, August 27-29, with over 140 international papers scheduled to be presented. The conference is sponsored by CSIRO, JKMRC, SMI, Itasca, Metso Minerals, DEM Solutions and The Centre for Sustainable […]

NovaGold Resources and Teck Cominco have formed a partnership that will invest $2 billion to build the Galore Creek copper-gold mine in northwestern British Columbia. On closing of the transaction, NovaGold and Teck Cominco will each hold a 50% interest in the partnership. To earn its 50% interest, Teck Cominco will fund approximately $478 million […]

Padley & Venables, the manufacturer of tools for use in construction, rock drilling and mining worldwide, celebrated its 10th Consecutive participation at the Bauma 2007 exhibition. The company also celebrated the 10th year of opening its German office/warehouse facility. P&V first participated at the 1980 Bauma show, which was then located at the old showgrounds […]

In his presentation to the World Mining Investment Congress in London last week, Steve Kay of International Minerals Corp spoke in detail about the rise of anti-mining factions. This is a subject that John Chadwick addressed in the Leader in International Mining’s May issue - focussing on Gabriel’s problems in Romania and those of Ascendant […]

On May 9, Greens MP and self-styled mining spokesperson Lee Rhiannon today called on Premier Morris Iemma of New South Wales, Australia to reject the proposed Anvil Hill coal mine. “The mine would be a water and climate disaster. The Greens will be introducing our own Climate Futures Bill to stop it and we will […]