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What Does CSR Have To Offer In A Recession?

It was an easy prediction to make: that the recession would end talk of corporate social responsibility. Faced with the fear, or reality, of losing their markets, companies would concentrate on saving...

Potash And Much More

Agrium Inc. of Calgary is one of the larger mining, retailing and wholesalers of nutrients used for agricultural purposes around the world. The company operates through three distinct business units -...

Heart Of Gold

When it comes to location, few mining operations anywhere in Canada can match that of Goldcorp's proposed Hollinger gold mine project near Timmins, Ontario. In fact, the word "near" is incorrect becau...

Inventor Recovers Precious Stones From Holding Ponds

As every miner knows, holding ponds do more than simply hold waste materials from entering into and contaminating the environment. In fact, they also contain an untapable fortune in suspended minerals...

Drilling & Blasting

Drilling and Blasting are probably two of the more attention-grabbing words used in all of mining. After "Exploration and Development," nothing else describes what's happening more clearly than the co...

A Dismal Year For Junior Mining

In contrast to the exuberance that characterized 2007, the late months of 2008 was a dismal period for junior mining.

Kearl mine holds promise for the future

The Kearl oil sands project, located in the Kearl Lake area, is about 70 kms north of Fort McMurray and remains one of the more active sites in the entire oil sands development.

Loaders & Excavators

Next to trucks, loaders and excavators are the most popular tools on today's mine sites and because of this, manufacturers from around the world are vying for the attention of equipment buyers by prov...

Sustainable cost control and reduction

Unstable global credit markets and diminished project finance options make it challenging for mining companies to acquire funding for ongoing exploration and development projects. During an economic d...

Polluters really do care about the environment

Now that President Barrack Obama officially "loves" Canada and has expressed even more political affection for it by inviting our Governor General Michalle Jean to visit his house in Washington, it l...