Much like exploration geologists, university-based historians do much of their field research in the summer months. Limited more by the demands of […]
Credit: Adobe Stock Many asset owners face a choice that looks simple: continue operating aging coal-fired generating stations or begin planning for […]
Across Northern Canada, the mining and transport industries mourn the death of John Zigarlick Jr. One of the North's modern-day mining visionaries and builders, he died suddenly in Edmonton Dec. 17, of natural causes. He was 74.
ast month in this column I noted the incredible increase in cumulative Canadian mining investment abroad, which has mushroomed from $30 billion in 2002 to over $110 billion. Now comes the latest update from Natural Resources Canada, who...
Over the past two years, there has been a modern gold rush in British Columbia. The province is well suited to exploration for the discoveries of gold - and other metals particularly copper, molybdenum and silver.
The Association for Mineral Exploration British Columbia turns 100 this year. Known for most of its life as an association as the BC, or BC & Yukon, Chamber of Mines, it celebrates a century of advocacy for prospectors, explorers and...
Canadian mining and metals companies' corporate social responsibility is about to get a lot more interesting as an uptake in regulations and frameworks for due diligence on mineral supply chains in conflict-affected and high-risk areas emerge...
Poised and ready for action pretty much describes the scene at New Gold's "New Afton" mine near Kamloops as crews continue to work underground to bring the Cdn$700 million mine into production later this year.
Mining giant Teck built its business by mining zinc and, more recently, coal, but what most people don't know about the company is that it also has a "greener" side to it because it is now one of the larger…
The Granduc mine near Stewart, BC, was a proven producer. When it operated between 1971 and 1984, it produced 420 million lb of copper. The chances of reopening are good. New owner Castle Resources of Toronto has outlined millions more…
The Mount Polley mine is located almost dead centre between B.C.'s Rocky Mountains and the Pacific Ocean, in the south-central part of the province 8 km southwest of the village of Likely and about 100 km northeast of Williams Lake.
Eric Taylor, Aaron Hunt, Khreem Smith and Khalif Mitchell are four of the most famous linemen in British Columbia right now because of their notoriety with the BC Lions; winners of the 2011 Grey Cup.
Just about every winter brings a new "first" of some kind to the NWT's storied Tibbitt to Contwoyto Winter Road, the frozen lifeline to three major mines now harvesting approximately 18 per cent (by value) of the world's gem-quality diamonds.
Yukon's Kaskawulsh Glacier is not only a spectacular sight but it's also believed to be the site of one of the territory's richest deposits of minerals. It is, however, off limits and protected by law from exploration and development but…
