mining and metals
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Vale to pay $230M to export nickel while N.L. processing plant ramps up
Vale will pay province for letting it export more Voisey’s Bay nickel concentrate while Long Harbour processing plant ramps up
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Barrick Gold boss unveils plans for leaner, more focused company
John Thornton said Barrick will run on decentralized operating model that gives its mine operators more control
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NRCan installs $6M rolling mill at Hamilton, Ont., research lab
Mill at NRCan’s CanmetMATERIALS lab accessible to industry interested in research and development work on cost-recovery basis
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Alaska aboriginal group calls for joint study of B.C. mine safety
Group’s main concern is its $1-billion fishery, located downstream from several large-scale mining projects in B.C.
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Mining ministers calling for rapid resource development
Ministers in charge of mining in B.C., Northwest Territories calling for resource development despite pricing slump
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Feds lending $10M to Brantford, Ont., forging firm for expansion
Patriot Forge investing $63 million to build new 320,000-sq.ft. forging plant, nearly doubling company’s output
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Copper Mountain output from B.C. mine near last year’s levels
Vancouver-based firm said it plans to produce about 80 million lbs. of copper from its flagship mine in southern B.C.
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Toronto’s Corsa Coal cutting 130 jobs, idling pair of Pa. mines
Two of Corsa’s Pennsylvania mines facing permanent closure as company deals with global market weakness
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Orbite granted patent allowance for red mud treatment process
Red mud is the waste product generated by the industrial process used for refining bauxite to obtain alumina
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Hundreds facing layoffs at Grande Cache Coal in Alberta
Union claims Grande Cache Coal plans to stop operating strip mine, coal cleaning plant in western Alberta in February
