Record crowds and a record-setting exhibition floor marked PDAC 2026, held March 1–4 in Toronto. The annual convention of the Prospectors & […]
A mineral supply chain may begin with geology, but it ends with power. On that measure, Canada’s celebrated mineral endowment is failing […]
"Closed for the Season" is the kind of sign you'd expect to see at a roadside fruit or vegetable stand. It speaks for itself by clearly telling passers-by that everything is gone; there's nothing left for sale, the season is…
After three decades in the potash industry, Norm Beug has grown accustomed to fluctuations in demand and price for his product, but he's never experienced anything like the turbulence that shook the business after the meltdown in the financial...
Staff Report*
The economic downturn has undoubtedly made its mark on the coal and potash industries. Despite the plummeting prices of most commodities, coal and potash remained viable throughout most of 2009, and in some sectors even increased by a small...
Last year, Canadian junior mining companies faced an uphill battle in surviving the worst period of market deterioration the industry has faced in years.
"Brand Risks" are a couple of words that have appeared in the news lately thanks to the questionable antics of certain television and sports' celebrities. To my surprise, however, those same two words...
It's almost time for the PDAC (Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada) to consider incorporating the letter "W" into its name to better reflect its WorldWide status.
Capstone Mining Corp. is pleased to announce that as part of its on-going investment into its Minto copper-gold mine 240 kms north of Whitehorse, it has installed a complete water treatment plant on b...
O ddly enough, there was a time when Britain had no patience with corporate tax avoiders. David Williams, of KPMG's Tax Business School, says that legal tax cases during the Second World War showed a ...
Simplicity can sometimes break the shackles of complexity and open the door to lost potential.At least that's the case of the "wedge well," Cenovus Energy's solution to accessing stranded yet partially mobilized bitumen between its steam...
Forty-three years ago, deep in the blackfly-infested wilds of northeastern Alberta, Sun Oil (now Suncor) saw the future and invested $250 million in the Great Canadian Oilsands plant.Some called it an enormous gamble because after all, the...
Oilsands miners are making progress in their efforts to shrink their tailings ponds and are being prodded to quicken their pace by a regulator's recent rules, say tailings technology researchers.
