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MacLean manufacturing milestone celebrated 3,600 feet underground at Vale, Manitoba Operations

MacLean manufacturing milestone celebrated 3,600 feet underground at Vale, Manitoba Operations

milestone celebrated 3,600 feet underground at Vale, Manitoba Operations. The commissioning of MacLean Engineering’s milestone 400th Series 900 Sciss

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PM Harper announces tax breaks for LNG industry in B.C.

PM Harper announces tax breaks for LNG industry in B.C.

BC Premier Christy Clark at the Minister's announcement. — Photo courtesy BC Government Flickr Canadian Press is reporting that Prime Minister Stephe

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More railway regulation will jeopardize Canada’s world-class system: MLI Report

More railway regulation will jeopardize Canada’s world-class system: MLI Report

The federal government in 2014 appointed a panel to review the legislation governing rail transportation in Canada. OTTAWA, Feb. 20, 2015 – The 2013

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First production of copper concentrate at Red Chris mine

First production of copper concentrate at Red Chris mine

The commissioning of the Red Chris mill is progressing well. Vancouver-based Imperial Metals Corporation (III-TSX) has announced the commissioning of

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UBC announces new Executive MBA in Strategic Mining Management

UBC announces new Executive MBA in Strategic Mining Management

New 21-month EMBA designed exclusively for the mining industry. The NBK Institute and the Sauder School of Business have just launched an Executive M

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For the first time in Quebec, Canada: World Uranium Symposium

For the first time in Quebec, Canada: World Uranium Symposium

The World Uranium Symposium will be held for the first time in Quebec City, Canada. QUEBEC CITY, Feb. 19 2015 /CNW Telbec/ - The World Uranium Sympos

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Frac sand business is still booming; Select Sands develops fine mesh project close to wellheads

Frac sand business is still booming; Select Sands develops fine mesh project close to wellheads

Select Sands’ USA property, "Sandtown" is actively mining Frac sand. According to a recent business article in Wisconsin’s Journal Sentinel, “The sta

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Environmental assessment certificate application review of proposed Fording River Operations

Environmental assessment certificate application review of proposed Fording River Operations

Open House and Invitation to Comment. — Photo courtesy Google Earth Teck Coal Limited (Teck) is proposing an extension, referred to as the Swift Proj

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Kennady Diamonds intercepts Kimberlite at NWT Kelvin property and gets private placement

Kennady Diamonds intercepts Kimberlite at NWT Kelvin property and gets private placement

Kennady Diamonds Inc. (“Kennady Diamonds,” the “Company”) (TSX-V: KDI) is pleased to announce that the latest Kelvin delineation drill hole (KDI-15-

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Mineral explorers express support for BC Budget 2015

Mineral explorers express support for BC Budget 2015

Gavin C. Dirom, President & CEO of AME BC (right) in a previous BC Government photo. The Association for Mineral Exploration British Columbia (AME BC

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BCIT offers first-in-Canada Bachelor’s Degree in Mining and Mineral Resource Engineering

BCIT offers first-in-Canada Bachelor’s Degree in Mining and Mineral Resource Engineering

BCIT will be offering a new Bachelor of Engineering in Mining and Mineral Resource Engineering this Fall. — Photos courtesy BCIT Mining Program BURNA

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Mount Polley mine owner served with search warrants

Mount Polley mine owner served with search warrants

The owner of British Columbia’s Mount Polley mine, Imperial Metals, confirms it has been served with search warrants. The Canadian Press is reporting

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Veris Gold Corp. obtains extension of CCAA stay period

Veris Gold Corp. obtains extension of CCAA stay period

The Shamrock zone on the Ketza River property on Veris Gold's projects. — Photo courtesy Veris Gold Veris Gold Corp. announced today that it has obta

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Brandt begins transit of 300-ton coal dragline boom

Brandt begins transit of 300-ton coal dragline boom

Brandt is delivering one of the largest projects it has ever undertaken-a first of its kind. — Photo courtesy Brandt Tractor Media Release Brandt Eng

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Commerce Resources Corp. initiates drill program at the Ashram Rare Earth Deposit

Commerce Resources Corp. initiates drill program at the Ashram Rare Earth Deposit

Aurora Borealis at Eldor/Ashram Rare Earth Project. — Photo courtesy Commerce Resources Commerce Resources Corp. (TSXv: CCE, FSE: D7H) (the "Company"

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FortisBC finalizes LNG supply agreement with BC Ferries to fuel new vessels

FortisBC finalizes LNG supply agreement with BC Ferries to fuel new vessels

FortisBC will provide up to 300,000 gigajoules of LNG per year. ​FortisBC – a subsidiary of Fortis Inc. (TSX:FTS) – announced today that it will prov

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Great Lakes Graphite focuses on small manufacturers

Great Lakes Graphite focuses on small manufacturers

Great Lakes Graphite Inc. is an industrial minerals company. — Graphic courtesy Great Lakes Graphite Great Lakes Graphite Inc. (TSXV: GLK; OTCPINK: G

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MABC acknowledges Independent Expert Engineering Panel Report on Mount Polley

MABC acknowledges Independent Expert Engineering Panel Report on Mount Polley

Mount Polley mine tailings dam failure was a serious incident. The Mining Association of B.C. (MABC) is currently reviewing the Independent Expert En

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Women In Mining Canada have announced the winner of the 2015 WIM Canada “Trailblazer Award”

Women In Mining Canada have announced the winner of the 2015 WIM Canada “Trailblazer Award”

Betty-Ann Heggie is the winner of the 2015 Women in Mining Canada Trailblazer Award. Women in Mining Canada is announced the selection of Betty-Ann H

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CanAm Coal diversifies with frac sand property purchase

CanAm Coal diversifies with frac sand property purchase

Alabama-based coal mining company CanAm Coal Corp. has finalized plans to diversify its energy portfolio by purchasing a 100 per cent stake in the m

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