March 28, 2012 Alberta premier promises $3 billion to help clean up oil sands Alison Redford, the premier of the Canadian province of Alberta, promised on Wednesday to spend $3 billion on clean-up projects in the oil sands.
March 28, 2012 Junior delivers promising results near historic Sullivan Mine As one would expect during this period of instability, miners have become increasingly drawn towards the surroundings of past-producing mines.
March 28, 2012 AuRico Gold dumps Australian mines for $105 million AuRico Gold pulled the trigger on its Australian operations on Tuesday, selling the Stawell and Fosterville mines to Crocodile Gold Corp for up to $105 million.
March 28, 2012 Kirkland to buy Queenston JV stake for C$60m A joint-venture between junior-miner Kirkland Lake Gold (TSX: KGI) and junior-explorer Queenston Mining (TSX: QMI) on properties near the former's Macassa mine in Ontario is coming to an end.
March 28, 2012 Canada’s Labrador to drive potential iron ore boom in the country A remote geographic zone straddling Canadian Québec and Labrador areas is causing quite a stir in mining circles due to the large iron reserves waiting to be developed into mines.
March 28, 2012 Goldcorp squashes mega-merger rumours GoldCorp CEO, Chuck Jeannes says the group is far more interested in early stage gold projects than just "trading dollars for future production".
March 28, 2012 Barrick, Goldcorp holding breath as Canadian court poised to decide El Morro ownership The two largest gold companies are bracing for a Canadian court's decision on who owns the massive El Morro copper-gold deposit in Chile.
March 28, 2012 Junior mining firms in ‘revolt’ over native deals On the sidelines of the mining industry’s massive annual conference in Toronto in early March, a group of disgruntled junior exploration companies held a private meeting.
March 28, 2012 Canadian silver company denies involvement in murder of Mexican activist A Canadian company operating a silver mine in Mexico says it is not in any way linked to the recent murder of an anti-mining activist as alleged by human rights…
March 27, 2012 Mining in Mexico: a wise investment? At lunch today a colleague posed the question, would you invest in a Mexican mining enterprise? My answer: I honestly don’t have a clue.
Ports for Australia’s Pilbara iron ore region closed due to cyclone Port Hedland, about 1,300 km (800 miles) north of Western Australia's state capital, Perth, is the world's biggest export point for iron ore. February 07, 2026 | 11:40 am
