Mining operations strive to be safe, efficient, and productive, but they often allocate up to 50% of their annual budget to equipment […]
NOVAGOLD is entering a pivotal new phase as it advances the Donlin Gold Project toward a construction decision, buoyed by strong 2025 […]
With the current market turmoil and credit crisis, job one for many mining companies today is cutting back on spending and I doubt I'll surprise anybody by saying that investing in people is usually o...
As already stated, the recent decline in commodity prices reflects a marked deceleration in global growth, heightened by hedge fund disinvestment -- in many cases forced by fund redemptions, the withd...
There is no doubt that the current downturn in prices has come upon us more suddenly than those of years past. Also, when coupled with the world credit crunch and all the talk of global recession, gov...
Challenges abound at the Victor diamond project. That, and the people drew general manager Peter Mah to the wilds of Northern Ontario in November 2007. He told CMJ during a brief December 2008 intervi...
It's been more than 80 years since minerals were first discovered at Prairie Creek in the Northwest Territories and over that period of time, many miners have come and gone in their quest for riches f...
When Gottlieb Daimer of Germany designed and built his first motorized truck in 1896, you can bet he never dreamed that someday his concept for moving heavy goods would ever get to where it is today. ...
IFRS (International Financial Reporting Standards) has been on the radar in Canada for a number of years. Now that it's been confirmed that Canada will adopt IFRS, most Canadian industries are beginni...
H iring and firing are two words, actually three words that describe one of the toughest things about running almost any company.
Xstrata Nickel has just released a photo of its 60,000 sq ft administration and dry facility currently under construction at its Nickel Rim South Mine Site in Garson, ON.
Polaris Minerals Corp, (TSX:PLS) and its subsidiary company, Eagle Rock Aggregates Inc, in conjunction with its Strategic Alliance partner, has just completed the purchase of a parcel of land at Pier ...
Any idea what this famous nickel in Sudbury, ON would be worth if it was perfectly round and made from pure nickel? Answers should be based on nickel selling for US$14,000 per tonne and assume a diame...
Caterpillar has just introduced a 'shin saving' elevating device designed to make boarding large equipment safer and easier. The lift is capable of carrying up to 500 pounds.
