W henever we feature a story about a mining company working in some far-off place where God's not even sure of the co-ordinates, I always think of two things: how did the company find the site in the ...

Safety is the number one priority for every mine owner and operator across Canada and as hard as everyone tries to achieve a perfect, accident-free record, the very nature of mining sometimes makes th...

More than 100 delegates from across Canada attended the second annual Ontario Mine Reclamation Symposium in Timmins earlier this month to hear papers given by over a dozen speakers from various mining...

History is witness that the people who built the foundation for Canada's iron ore industry back in 1950 faced near insurmountable odds that would have stymied even the most ambitious industrialist tod...

S mall suppliers, so often at the mercy of larger companies and with little capital, are the worst hit. It is estimated that in most economies, small and medium firms account for more than 95% of all ...

"Going for the Gold" will be the battle cry heard around the world next year as two major sporting events, Canada's 2010 Winter Olympics and South Africa's FIFA World Cup of Soccer, attract players fr...

K inross Gold Corporation of Toronto is no newcomer to Russia, with well over a decade of experience gained through its earlier interests in the Kubaka and Julietta mines. Today, the company's attenti...

K inross' recent expansion of its Paracatu mine in Brazil invites superlatives. It is tripling production at Paracatu and has transformed the operation into the biggest gold producer in Brazil. It is ...

K inross Gold's Buckhorn Mine in Washington State, was the smallest of the company's three growth projects to start production in 2008. And though it may not have been the biggest, it was a landmark a...

U sing the wealth of experience gained in shepherding three major gold projects from planning and permitting, through engineering and construction, and into production, Kinross Gold Corporation is pre...

• Local government authorities deny site access to a mining company's survey crew, saying that there is local opposition to mining and they cannot be responsible for crew members' safety.

Employees step-up when moral is at an all-time low