Blue Note to put Caribou and Restigouche on temporary care and maintenance

Blue Note Mining Inc. announced that it will be initiating a temporary care and maintenance program at its Caribou and Restigouche zinc and lead mines, owned through its wholly-owned subsidiary Blue Note Caribou Mines Inc. Since commercial production was achieved in January 2008, operating performance has continuously improved with all of the original planned production targets being achieved or surpassed.... 

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Rockwell Recovers 189.6 Carat White Diamond from its Klipdam Mine

Rockwell Diamonds Inc reports on the recovery of an exceptional 189.6-carat gemstone diamond from its Klipdam mining operation north of Kimberley in the Northern Cape Province of South Africa. This large and exceptional gemstone diamond is oval in shape, somewhat flattened and strongly resorbed, and shows features typical of top colour high value Type-2 gemstones. Stones of this quality have previously... 

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Breakwater Exercises Its 20% Property Conversion Option on Caribou

Breakwater Resources Ltd. Effective today, Breakwater exercised its right pursuant to the terms of the Unsecured Subordinated Convertible Debenture issued by Blue Note Mining Inc. (formerly, Blue Note Metals Inc.) dated August 1, 2006 to convert the Debenture in exchange for a twenty percent (20%) interest in the mineral properties and mine facilities which comprise the Caribou and Restigouche mines... 

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Zambia mining boosted by copper demand

Surging global demand for copper has breathed new life into the mining industry in Chingola, a short drive from the Congolese border on top of some of the richest copper deposits in the world. Zambian miners clad in white helmets and blue jumpsuits are building a $300-million (about R2,1-billion), high-tech copper smelter at Konkola Copper Mines, right next to one of the largest open pit copper mines... 

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Coal Symposium draws national experts to Bluefield

The head of a commission formed by the National Mining Association in the wake of the Sago Mine tragedy will be presenting recommendations to coal industry leaders at the Bluefield Coal Symposium this week. The presentation by Dr. R. Larry Grayson, chairman of the Mine Safety, Technology and Training Commission, is among the highlights of the three-day event that begins this afternoon at the Bluefield... 

Canadian mining company reopens two New Brunswick zinc mines

Canadian mining company Blue Note Metals Inc. (TSX.V:BNT) will invest $48 million over the next 12 months to revive two dormant zinc mines in northern New Brunswick. Company officials, accompanied by Premier Bernard Lord and other provincial government officials, announced that they expect to have the Caribou and Restigouche mines back in operation by the spring of 2007, producing 100 million pounds...