Latest Labrador Stories

TSX: LIM TORONTO, March 12, 2013 /CNW/ - Labrador Iron Mines Holdings Limited ("LIM" or the "Company") (TSX:LIM) announces that it has entered into a framework arrangement with Tata Steel Minerals Canada ("TSMC"), a subsidiary of Tata Steel Limited, to establish a strategic relationship between LIM and TSMC whereby the two companies have agreed to co-operate with each other in various aspects of their respective iron ore operations in the Labrador Trough and enter into...

ST. JOHN'S, NL, Feb. 28, 2013 /CNW/ - Deepwater seabed surveying, navigation and control systems for field robots, and improving cyber security measures are among the 10 academic-led research and development projects receiving more than $1.7 million in total funding from the Research & Development Corporation of Newfoundland and Labrador (RDC). Today's investment leverages more than $10 million from others sources including the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, the Natural...

MONTREAL, Feb. 12, 2013 /PRNewswire/ - CN (TSX: CNR) (NYSE: CNI) announced today that it is suspending the feasibility study for the construction of its proposed rail line and terminal handling facility to serve the Quebec/Labrador iron ore range. The feasibility study was initiated last August by CN and its partner La Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (the "Caisse"), along with a group of six mining companies.  The study has been progressing steadily over the past...

VANCOUVER, Jan. 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/ - Search Minerals Inc. ("Search" or the "Company") (TSXV: SMY) and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Alterra Resources Inc., are pleased to announce the results of the 1213 m NQ drilling program on the Pesky Hill Prospect, located 25 km southeast of Port Hope Simpson, Labrador, in the Port Hope Simpson REE District. The exploration drill program, designed to test the surface mineralization to shallow depth, intersected HREE-Zr-Y-Nb vein-hosted...

ST. JOHN'S, NL, Nov. 20, 2012 /CNW/ - Making working conditions safer for offshore employees, developing production efficiencies for the lumber industry and advancing healthcare technology are among the 18 business-led projects receiving more than $1.6 million in funding from the Research & Development Corporation of Newfoundland and Labrador (RDC). RDC today announced investment support that will assist several provincial companies with research and development (R&D)...

ST. JOHN'S, NL, Oct. 9, 2012 /CNW/ - The Research & Development Corporation (RDC) is investing more than $5.3 million into research and development (R&D) projects at Memorial University of Newfoundland in areas relevant to offshore petroleum, ocean technology, healthcare, aquaculture and other natural resource industries. The funding will focus on solving technical challenges and identifying new opportunities such as ice-structure interaction in polar regions, effective...

GANDER, NL, Sept. 14, 2012 /CNW/ - Research focused on improving petroleum exploration, enhancing marine safety and preventing and detecting money laundering and fraud are among the 11 business-led projects receiving more than $1.3 million in funding from the Research & Development Corporation of Newfoundland and Labrador (RDC). The funding was announced during a news conference in Gander, NL. "With an increasingly diversified economy continuing to outpace growth in other...

VANCOUVER, Aug. 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ - Search Minerals Inc. ("Search" or the "Company") (TSXV: SMY) announces that it has signed a Mining Exploration Activities Agreement with the NunatuKavut Community Council ("NunatuKavut" or "NCC"), the political representative body of the Inuit of South-Central Labrador.  Search has been exploring mining opportunities in the NunatuKavut land claim and treaty area for more than three years. The agreement solidifies a relationship that has...

MONTREAL, Aug. 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ - CN (TSX: CNR) (NYSE:CNI) announced today that a customer group of mining companies - Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. (NYSE: CLF) (Paris: CLF), Labrador Iron Mines Holdings Ltd. (TSX: LIM), New Millennium Iron Corp. (TSX: NML), Cap-Ex Ventures Ltd. (TSX-V: CEV) (Frankfurt: X0V) (OTCQX: CPXVF), and Alderon Iron Ore Corp. (TSX: ADV) (NYSE MKT: AXX) - has committed to work with CN on a feasibility study into the construction of a proposed rail line...

RPA recommends a preliminary economic assessment VANCOUVER, Feb. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ - Search Minerals Inc. ("Search" or the "Company") (TSXV: SMY) and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Alterra Resources Inc., have filed an independent NI 43-101 compliant Technical Report, including a Mineral Resource Estimate, on the 100% owned rare earth element (REE) Foxtrot Project near Port Hope Simpson, Labrador, Canada. The Mineral Resource estimate is based on two phases of drilling...