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.

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...

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…

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...

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...

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 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…

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.

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...

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.

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...

"We have the best CSR practices in the sector. More than 2,400 small and medium-sized suppliers have been invited to participate in our "Value Program", which aims to promote socially responsible practices so as to improve their productivity in...