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Booming Business

The metal-rich Labrador Trough is a world-class iron ore mining district in eastern Canada, that has been producing continuously since 1954. This belt of Proterozoic iron formation spans the entire width of western Labrador and extends into...

Pipes Before Profits

Flooding is usually a nightmare for miners, but for Selwyn Resources of Vancouver, the millions of gallons of water sitting in its newly purchased zinc and lead pit near Halifax weren't that big of a problem.

A ‘Real-Time’ Approach to Maintenance Pays Off

There are many variables that make underground real-time mine maintenance an important matter. All of these surround the fact that the underground mining industry is ready for the paradigm shift from reactive to proactive maintenance. This...

Seeing the Light

Earlier this summer, 15 mine rescuers in three teams responded instantly to the call from the 1,000-m level at Vale's Stobie nickel mine in Ontario. They were at the accident scene within 80 minutes but, sadly, not in time to…

Mining Needs a Solid Foundation

What a difference a decade makes! Ten years ago, according to many in the Toronto-media and political elite, mining was a sunset industry. Some even thought we should let this supposedly low-tech sector die and allow lesser developed countries...

A Really Big Deal

As mentioned in Russ Noble's Editorial, Caterpillar recently completed one of the larger acquisitions in manufacturing history by purchasing Bucyrus International Inc and its complete line of mining products. This monster deal made headlines...

Planning For a Gold Mine

Twenty-five years may seem like a lifetime away, but the Quebec government's Plan Nord could result in a huge transformation of Northern Quebec in what's, in reality, a relatively short amount of time, given its ambitious objectives.

Mine safety is for “sissies”

Mine safety is a topic I could talk about in almost every issue of the magazine. It's something that I'm familiar with because unlike most people, I've actually been in mines and know first hand how potentially dangerous they can…

Mine rescue teams perform well

The Diavik mine rescue team will compete in the 10th Biennial National Regional Mine Rescue Competition in Fernie, BC, thanks to its second-place finish in the recent Workers' Safety and Compensation Commission's competition in Yellowknife.

Magazine appoints eastern correspondent

Editor Russ Noble is pleased to announce the apointment of D'Arcy Jenish as Canadian Mining Journal's Eastern Correspondent. D'Arcy, a former Senior Writer at Mclean's magazine, is the author of seven books and a technical writer with a special...

Meeting strict water codes

BioteQ Environmental Technologies of Vancouver has just completed its seventh season of water treatment operations at Xstrata Nickel's Raglan site in the Nunavik Region of northern Quebec.

Hauling concentrate

Copper Mountain Mining Corp is pleased to announce that the first filtered copper concentrate was recently produced and deposited in the company's concentrate shed at its new Copper Mountain Mine in southern BC. (See story on Page 18). New...