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North American Gem Inc. Reported Completed Potential Surface Mining in West Virginia
North American Gem Inc. announces that drilling has been completed on its 37 acre potential surface mining prospect known to the Company as the Saffle Tract, and its 130 acre potential surface mining prospect, the Dalton Tract, both in West Virginia.
Bringing Sudbury mining knowledge to South African university
As a South African university seeks to begin empowering its local population through mining-related knowledge, it is reaching out to Sudbury’s Cambrian College to assist them in their efforts.
The university intends to open up a geology degree program to 25 students in 2008, with the same enrolment numbers open to degree programs in mining, metallurgy, [...]
Litigation tempers mining industry’s surge in ‘06
Metals prices are high, markets are strong and Alaska’s producing mines are doing well as 2006 draws to a close. The Red Dog Mine north of Kotzebue holds the banner as the world’s largest zinc mine. Greens Creek Mine near Juneau is the nation’s largest silver mine.
Things aren’t all roses for the minerals industry, however. [...]
