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A sad sign of BC’s summer

Forest fires in British Columbia this past summer made headlines around the world as teams of firefighters from a number of countries worked to contain the blazes. This photo was taken near the Giant-...

Construction continues at Ontario gold mine

Work is well underway at Northgate Minerals' Young-Davidson gold mine as crews prepare for a busy winter of surface and underground construction at the Matachewan, ON, site. An estimated $375 million ...

PDAC: Bill C-300 will hurt Canadian mining

The Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada is advocating against proposed Bill C-300. Below is some of what PDAC has to say about the bill. For more information and advice on how to take act...

Enhancing Tax Transparency

Something very unusual is happening in the world of accountancy. The International Accounting Standards Board (IASB), that establishes the rules on accounting for most of the world, is considering a p...

Big Plans

After 12 years at Agnico-Eagle Mines Limited, lastly as chief financial officer, David Garofalo took over the top job at Toronto-based HudBay Minerals Inc. in mid-July and quickly put his stamp on the company.Not only did he make a dynamic...

Cache of Copper

Nothing says "forward looking" more than the sound of heavy machinery or the smell of freshly poured concrete at a mine site. Both are sure signs that all systems are "go" and that a producing mine is...

GOLD Brightens Outlook

A tlin, British Columbia, (Pop. 400), is about as far north in the province as you can go without tiptoeing into Alaska or the Yukon. In other words, it's way up there insofar as most Canadians are co...

Energy-smart mining

A new trend in mining management offers a foundation for effective energy-related decision-making, and could create a pool of knowledge that will influence the design of future mines. It's called an "all fuels" baseline energy audit, and...

Power is key

BC Hydro's Columbia Valley Transmission Project is a 112 km, 230kV line that is in the final stages of design. All survey layout of critical structures has begun, and barring any unexpected occurrence, the line will be in service in…

Golden again

Groundbreaking ceremonies are usually staged events where dignitaries use gold- plated shovels to toss a bit of dirt for the cameras, but at Northgate Minerals' recent launch of its Young-Davidson mine near the town of Matachewan, about 60 km...

Lighting up the North

It's been a decade since Nunavut became a reality, and the NWT & Nunavut Chamber of Mines is finally going to do what a number of its feistier members have already done: put boots on the ground in Canada's newest…

Equipment Simulator (October 01, 2010)

Immersive Technologies' AES UG360 (Advanced Underground Equipment Simulator) is a new training device designed to simulate underground mining equipment operating in an underground environment. The UG3...