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Mining Companies
This is an incomplete alphabetical list of mining companies. A * Adex Mining * Aditya Birla Group * African Rainbow Minerals * Agnico Eagle * Aiteo * Alumina * Anaconda Copper * Anglo American (mining) * Anglo Platinum * AngloGold Ashanti * Antofagasta * Aricom * Arctic Canadian Diamond Company * Astra Resources * Atalaya Mining Minas de Riotinto * Aurubis * Avalon Rare Metals B * Bard Ventures Company * Barrick Gold * BHP * Blaafarveværket * Blackfire Exploration * Boliden * Bougainville Copper * Breakwater Resources C * Cambior * Candente Copper * Canico Resource * Cape Breton Development Corporation * Chinalco * China Molybdenum * Cleveland-Cliffs * CNK International * Coal & Allied * Coal India * Codelco * Colorado Fuel & Iron * Compass Minerals * Compass Resources * Consolidated Zinc * Cordero Mining Company * Crowflight Minerals * Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional * Cuniptau Mines * Cuprom * Cyprus Mines Corporation D * De Beers * Debswana * Doe Run Company * D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adex Mining
Adex Mining Inc. is a Toronto, Ontario, Canada-based mining exploration company engaged in the development of its wholly owned Mount Pleasant Mine property in Charlotte County, New Brunswick, Canada. According to a Government of Canada report, Mount Pleasant is "North America's largest tin deposit and the world's largest reserve of indium." The company's stock trades on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol ADE. Adex holds 102 mineral claims at Mount Pleasant covering approximately 1,600 hectares (4,000 acres), as well as 405 hectares (1,000 acres) of surface rights. Mount Pleasant's Fire Tower Zone contains tungsten-molybdenum mineralization, and is the site of a past-producing tungsten mine operated by Billiton from 1983 to 1985.Truscott, Brian. "Adex in Redux Mode." Dow Jones Newswires, reprinted in the National Post, November 21, 2007. The property's North Zone is the focus of tin, indium and zinc exploration. Tin-Indium-Zinc at North Zone Successive h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bard Ventures Company
Bard Ventures Ltd. ({{tsxv, CBS) was a Canadian mining and exploration company headquartered in Vancouver. The company conducted exploratory drilling to assess mineral rights within the Lone Pine Molybdenum Property outside of Houston, British Columbia, specifically focusing on molybdenum. The company has also held interests in several other projects, including a 50% interest in the Wasi Creek Zinc Lead Silver Project, outside of Mackenzie, British Columbia. History The Lone Pine property has seen extensive historical exploration. A Minister of Mines and Resources (Canada) annual report from 1914 was the first mention of workings on the property, detailing a shaft intersection of a narrow silver-lead-zinc-copper-gold bearing quartz vein. Various surface workings continued in the 1920s as additional veins were discovered. Numerous companies from 1959 to 1971 conducted a variety of exploration over the property, however, it wasn't until 1976 that molybdenum mineralization was being ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cleveland-Cliffs
Cleveland-Cliffs Inc., formerly Cliffs Natural Resources, is a Cleveland, Ohio-based company that specializes in the mining, beneficiation, and pelletizing of iron ore, as well as steelmaking, including stamping and tooling. It is the largest flat-rolled steel producer in North America. Operations Cleveland-Cliffs manages and operates four iron ore mines in Minnesota and two mines in Michigan, one of which, the Empire Mine, has been indefinitely idled. These mines produce various grades of iron ore pellets, including standard and fluxed, for use in blast furnaces as part of the steelmaking process as well as Direct Reduced (DR) grade pellets for use in Direct Reduced Iron (DRI) applications. Since the mines are located near the Great Lakes, the majority of the pellets are transported by rail to loading ports for shipments via vessel to steelmakers in North America. During 2020, 2019 and 2018, the company sold 12 million, 19 million and 21 million long tons of iron ore product, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
China Molybdenum
CMOC or CMOC Group Limited (), previously known as China Molybdenum Company Limited, is the largest molybdenum producer in Mainland China and among the world's largest companies in the field. It is listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and Shanghai Stock Exchange. In addition, it is also one of the largest tungsten producers in the world, and is the second largest producer of Cobalt and Niobium as well as leading Copper producer worldwide. The company's headquarters are located in Luanchuan County, close to the city of Luoyang City in Henan. As of 2022, they are ranked 74th in the Fortune China Top 500. History The original company was originally founded in 1969 under the name Luoyang Luanchuan Molybdenum, with the Sandaozhuang mine being established the next year. By the early 2000s, Luoyang Luanchuan was researching ways to extract Scheelite from its main molybdenum mine. Together with ''Ximen Tungsten Co Ltd'', it founded a joint venture, ''Luoyang Yulu Mining Co. Ltd.'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chinalco
Aluminum Corporation of China Limited (, known as Chalco), is a Chinese company listed in Hong Kong and in New York. A multinational aluminium company, its headquarters are in Beijing, People's Republic of China. It is the world's second-largest alumina producer and third-largest primary aluminium producer (and the largest producer in China). Chinalco is principally engaged in the extraction of aluminium oxide, electrolysis of virgin aluminium and the processing and production of aluminium as well as traded trading and engineering and technical services. Its primary listing is on the Shanghai Stock Exchange and it is a constituent of the SSE 180 index. It has a secondary listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. The major shareholder of the company was Aluminum Corporation of China known as Chinalco (), a state owned enterprise. Organization The company has a number of distinct business segments including (1) alumina refining, (2) primary aluminum smelting, and (3) energ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cape Breton Development Corporation
The Cape Breton Development Corporation, or DEVCO, was a Government of Canada Crown corporation. It ceased operation on December 31, 2009, after being amalgamated with Enterprise Cape Breton Corporation (ECBC). DEVCO was organized primarily into two divisions: a community economic development organization, and the coal division. From March 30, 1968, until November 23, 2001, DEVCO's coal division operated Canada's largest underground coal mines, located in eastern Cape Breton County, Nova Scotia. Following decommissioning of its mines, DEVCO sold all non-mining surface assets to the private sector on December 18, 2001, including the Devco Railway and is now remediating its mine sites. Creation of DEVCO In 1965, the Dominion Steel and Coal Corporation, or DOSCO (then a subsidiary of the Hawker Siddeley Group) announced that its mines had only 15 years of production left and concluded that the expense of opening new underground mines in the Sydney Coal Field would be too expe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canico Resource
Canico Resource Corp. is a Vancouver, British Columbia-based junior resource company focused on the development of the Onça-Puma nickel laterite project located in Para State, Brazil. This is a large, high-grade, open-pittable deposit which is one of the world's best undeveloped nickel projects. According to the feasibility studies, the plant will have a nominal capacity to produce 57,000 tons of nickel per year, and its development will demand investments of US$1.1 billion. Production startup of the first module was scheduled for 2008. The company was founded in 2004 and was headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Canico Resource was known for its operations at the Serra dos Carajas mine in Brazil, which was one of the largest iron ore mines in the world. The company was also involved in the exploration and development of other mineral resources in Brazil and other countries in South America. Canico Resource was acquired by Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (CVRD) in December 2005. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Candente Copper
Candente Copper is developing its flagship project Cañariaco, within which Cañariaco Norte, is the 10th largest late-stage copper resource in the world (over 9B pounds copper, 2.1M ounces of gold and 59.4M ounces of silver Measured and Indicated*) and 6th highest in grade (RFC Ambrian, December 2021 and Haywood, December 2021). A positive PEA was recently completed on its 100% owned Cañariaco project. Based on projected average annual metal production of 173M pounds copper, 31,395 ounces gold and 703,588 ounces silver for 28 years and an initial capital cost estimate of $1.04B, the Cañariaco Norte project has an after-tax net present value (“NPV”) of US$1,010M using a copper price of US$3.50/pound and a discount rate of 8%. The NPV increases to US$1,833M and payback of 4.5 years when using a copper price of US$4.50/pound. In addition to Cañariaco Norte, the Cañariaco Project includes the Cañariaco Sur deposit (2.2B pounds copper, 1.2M ounces of gold and 15.0M ounces ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cambior
Cambior Inc. was a Canadian based international gold producer with operations, development projects and exploration activities in the Americas. Cambior's shares traded on the Toronto (TSX) and American (AMEX) stock exchanges under the symbol "CBJ". Cambior's warrants "CBJ.WT.C" traded on the TSX. In November 2006 IAMGOLD acquired 100% of Cambior shares. Formation The company results from the privatization of the major discoveries in Quebec by Soquem, the Crown Company in 1986: Mine Doyon, Ressources Aiguebelle, Sullivan, and 50% of the Niobec mine near Chicoutimi. Omai mine acid spill In August 1995 there was an acid spill from the Omai mine tailings dam in the river by the Canadian mining company Cambior in the Essequibo region of Guyana. An estimated 4 000 000 m³ of waste laced with cyanide, other heavy metals and other pollutants were released into the river causing much destruction. Thousands of dead fish were found floating on the river used by Amerindians, the Native Ind ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Breakwater Resources
Breakwater Resources was a mining company based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. On August 26, 2011 the company was acquired by Nyrstar. Mines Operations Breakwater operated six mines: * Myra Falls mine in British Columbia *Langlois mine in Quebec *El Mochito mine in Honduras *El Toqui mine in Chile *Nanisivik Mine Nanisivik Mine was a zinc-lead mine in the company town of Nanisivik, Nunavut, north of the Arctic Circle on Baffin Island. It was Canada's first mine in the Arctic. The mine first opened on 15 October 1976 and permanently closed in September ... closed in 2002 * Bouchard-Hebert mine closed in 2005 References Mining companies of Canada {{mining-company-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bougainville Copper
Bougainville Copper Limited (BCL) is a mining company of Papua New Guinea (PNG) that is listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX). BCL operated the copper, gold and silver mine at the Panguna mine on Bougainville Island in PNG from 1971 to 1989. Mining operations were officially halted on 15 May 1989, due to militant activity and the mine has remained closed since. Mining giant Rio Tinto Group, which was historically Bougainville Copper Limited's major shareholder, exited on 30 June 2016 when it transferred its 53.8 per cent shareholding for distribution to the Autonomous Bougainville Government and the Independent State of Papua New Guinea. History The mine at Panguna was opened in 1972 and was majority-owned by Rio Tinto. The mine was vitally important to the economy of Papua New Guinea. The PNG national government received a 20% share of profit from the mine, of which the Bougainvilleans received 5% - 1.25% share of the total profit. The first Bougainville indepe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boliden AB
Boliden AB is a Swedish multinational metals, mining, and smelting company headquartered in Stockholm. The company produces zinc, copper, lead, nickel, silver, and gold, with operations in Sweden, Finland, Norway, and Ireland. Boliden is linked to major environmental disaster in Spain and is also accused of threatening human rights defenders following thdisposal of toxic wastein Chile. In 2003, in a major deal, Boliden acquired Outokumpu's mining and smelting assets within zinc and copper. The company name comes from the Boliden mine, some 30 km northwest of the Swedish town of Skellefteå, where gold was found in 1924. It was once Europe's largest and richest gold mine, but has since 1967 been defunct. In 2020, Boliden Mineral AB became the first company in Sweden to issue a Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation.https://www.boliden.com/globalassets/sustainability/our-responsibilities/in-focus/questions-from-un.pdf https://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Issues/FAssociat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
