Surface mining has rarely been simple, but today’s operators are navigating a convergence of pressures that are fundamentally reshaping performance. Above inflation […]
Mining companies are starting to rethink drilling and blasting. Instead of treating them as isolated tasks at the front end of mining, […]
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...
This article will provide an overview of the key changes to the Temporary Foreign Worker Program, which became effective April 1, 2011. The Temporary Foreign Worker Program has been an important source of labour supply to Canadian companies to...
The numbers have been crunched, the results tabulated, and CMJ is proud to announce this year's top Canadian mining company is the world's biggest gold producer, Barrick Gold. Thanks in part to the historic high price of gold, the company…
Copper may end up on some "hot" lists thanks to its popularity with thieves but there's certainly nothing criminal about how Copper Mountain Mining is stealing headlines around the world now that its Copper Mountain Mine has gone into production
The long days of the Alaska summer are lighting up a remote, decades-old gold property that Vancouver junior Fire River Gold Corporation hopes will launch it into the lucrative league of gold producers riding the metal's sustained bull run.
With a name like Minefinders., there's little doubt what the company is all about. It's a name that leaves nothing to question because, quite frankly, Vancouver-based Minefinders Corporation Ltd. is a company on a mission to find mines and...
Typical of many mining projects in Nevada, drills, hammers, and even explosives don't upset the neighbours because there aren't too many of them around. In fact, aside from snakes, coyotes, and the odd mountain lion, many mine sites in the...
Caterpillar's new 390D L hydraulic excavator incorporates a refined designed that provides greater hydraulic power, stronger structural components, added safety and convenience features, plus improved serviceability.
A diesel-powered LHD (load, haul, and dump) scoop featuring a Un-A-Trac 488 XP power pack that eliminates the need for batteries and battery maintenance is now available from Bucyrus (Now Caterpillar).
