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Hot Prospects (March 01, 2010)

Golden Predator Royalty & Development Corp. (Golden Predator) is now listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange under (TSX:GPD).

Fixing A Giant Mess

When federal government receivers padlocked the gate to Royal Oak Mines' Giant Yellowknife mine in the spring of 1999, locals prepared to say a bittersweet goodbye.On one hand, the Giant had helped build the town into today's robust Northern...

Rich & Rare

Photo Report by Northern Correspondent Bill Braden

Teamwork Keeps Quarry Alive

The names Lafarge Canada Inc. and Ducks Unlimited don't look right together in the same sentence but when put in context with the expansion of Lafarge's limestone quarry and plant near Brookfield, NS,...

Huge Mine Produces Clean Water Too

Any Arctic mining operation faces a number of unique challenges, not the least of which is managing water treatment to meet the stringent demands of a fragile ecosystem. In addition to the environment...

PDAC’s E3 Plus Leads The World

I f you want the world to beat a path to your door, forget about inventing a better mousetrap. Instead, develop a program that will encourage the mining industry, local communities and nongovernmental...

Keeping Tabs On Tools

Nothing can shut down a conveyor system, a dragline shovel or other multi-million dollar pieces of mining equipment faster than a little 19 mm socket. One socket, left behind under a belt, near gears ...

Handling Fuel With Care

The recent upheaval in the financial markets has added a number of new pressures on mine owners and managers; not the least of which involves managing cash flow and operating costs while also holding ...

Gold Medal Performance

Nothing, including the global recession, could keep the price of gold from maintaining a strong showing in 2009. According to the PricewaterhouseCoopers 2009 Global Gold Price Survey Report of 58 lead...

Pits Before People? It’s Your Call

When you fly across Canada or even the United States for that matter, most of the land you see below is by and large wasteland.