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, […]
roke and bankrupt almost mean the same thing, but for legal reasons companies rarely admit going broke. In fact, they always seem to go bankrupt because, as we all know, there are loopholes that make it less permanent and far…
The Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources has awarded a two-year contract to Superior Helicopters Canada for aviation and emergency services in Northern Ontario. The contract is for three Bell medium helicopters to be based in Wawa, Chapleau...
The College of North Atlantic's Labrador West College has purchased two advanced equipment simulators from Immersive Technologies to support its Mine Technical Training program. Widely used in mines around the world, the simulators recreate the...
As 253 entrants to the Canadian Mining Journal's free draw" for either a jacket or golf shirt at the recent PDAC Convention, Trade Show & Investors Exchange know, the garments up for grabs were of high quality and would make…
The University of British Columbia mine rescue team has won the first Biannual University Mine Rescue Competition hosted by the Colorado School of Mines. The team faced real fires and smoke to rescue 29 patient-actors trapped 1000 feet below...
An estimated 27,500 delegates from around the world attended the annual Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada's Conference, Trade Show and Investors Exchange in Toronto last month. In typical PDAC fashion, the four-day event was...
In the February issue of the CMJ, Russell Noble sent out "A call to all Mining Associations", expressing the need for a national voice in addressing the looming skills shortage faced by the industry. A key question asked was "what…
In South America, the mining companies' dominant interpretation of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in the community has been in terms of charitable donations and support for good causes. In addition, there may be a considerable lag before...
Whether your company currently employs temporary foreign workers (TFW), or whether your company may do so in the future, you will need to be aware of the new Temporary Foreign Worker Program regulations that went into force on April 1,…
While headlines around the world continue to criticize almost everyone and everything associated with Canada's oilsands, the truth of the matter is that those companies taking the brunt of the media's abuse are in fact, silently taking care of...
The goal was an ambitious one: from a resource estimated at 174 billion barrels, Muskeg River Mine bit off 300,000 tonnes of processed oilsands each day, to deliver 155,000 barrels of bitumen, then drive that recovery as high as 525,000…
Suncor Energy Inc. has announced significant inroads with its Tailings Reduction Operations solution, while Syncrude Canada Ltd. has been testing centrifuge technology as one potential saviour. Smaller companies, such as Solid Environmental...
