The world-class Labrador Trough iron mining district has long been a bastion of stability in the often uncertain world of mining.

CALGARY - The Mildred Lake and Aurora oil sands mines belonging to Syncrude have won the Immersive Technologies’ 2011 Business Improvement Award for outstanding results with its simulator-based operator training program.

QUEBEC – Stornoway Diamond Corp. has entered into an impacts and benefits agreement for the Renard diamond project in the Otish Mountains. The “Mecheshoo Agreement” was signed with the Cree Nation of Mistissini and the Grand...

LINCOLN, Nebraska - BinMaster Level Controls announced the 3DLevelScanner has received FM approval to Canadian standards (cFMus) which allows installation of the 3DLevelScanner in potentially explosive environments. The 3DLevelScanner is listed...

SWEDEN – Atlas Copco has unveiled the newest addition to its family of Boomer underground face drills, the E1 C-DH. This is a single-boom, diesel-hydraulic multipurpose unit specifically designed for mines lacking water and electrical...

Richard Tagge, former general manager of Mine Radio Systems Africa, has returned to the United States to take over the role of US sales manager. He was African general manager for eight years, giving him an expansive background with the…

SWEDEN – Longhole production drilling can be substantially improved with any of four new Simba drill rigs, says the manufacturer, Atlas Copco. The Simba ME7 C, Simba E7 C and C-ITH (an in-the-hole version) and Simba W7 C give miners…

DELHI, Ontario – Titan Earthmoving Equipment Division (Titan EMD), has announced an agreement with Bult Equipment of Monee, IL, making Bult the exclusive sales and service dealer for Titan’s innovative S4412B heavy duty scraper...

With the price of gold still strong, no one is surprised to find gold in an old gold mine. What used to be considered waste is now a resource. Two proposed tailings retreatment projects – one in British Columbia and…

ONTARIO – AuRico Gold of Toronto released its monthly update for the development of its Young-Davidson gold mine and mill near Matachewan with the news that wet commissioning of the mill has begun. The first gold pour target is only…

SWEDEN – Sandvik Mining has launched two new underground trucks, the TH550 and TH540, that are the cleanest in the market. They have low-emission EPA Tier 4i/EURO Stage IIIB engines in a compact and agile vehicle.

TORONTO – In a speech Monday, March 5, at the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada conference, Minister of Natural Resources Joe Oliver again pledged the federal government’s support of a streamlined approval process for...