Thailand's new Minerals Act, which allows mining below 100 m depth without the property owner's consent, is being put to the test with the government considering its first mining lease application to ...

Platinum, palladium prices and demand move in opposite directions in 2002, trend to continue in 2003According to a report by Johnson Matthey (JM), platinum demand during 2002 rose by 5% to a new high ...

Tucked away near the centre of Qubec is the Niobec mine and plant, North America's only ferroniobium producer. Moreover, with a 15% market share, it is the third largest in the world. Niobec's ferron...

Trunnion magnet eliminates grinding ball fragmentsby Darrell MiltonGrinding ball fragments discharging from the ball mill of a world-class Canadian copper mining company were causing extreme wear to d...

To get a handle on the new company, CMJ paid a visit to the Kinross head office in Toronto in April. Following are excerpts from our interview with Robert Buchan, (president and CEO-pictured left), Sc...

Last year, 2002, was not notable for an influx of mineral exploration dollars, but it was a time for refining and enhancing existing geophysical technologies. Significant new developments will affect ...

It's the time of year to pause and reflect on how things are going, and dream about what we can wish for, if we believe in Santa Claus, leprechauns or caffeine-driven analysts.We decided to focus on C...

The Australians have found a way to boost dragline efficiency by 25% per shift. New Universal Dig and Dump (UDD) te...

Pliable display technology project completedVancouver-based IDELIX Software Inc., makers of the visualization technology known as pliable display technology (PDT), has completed its PDT Web Map Clien...