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 […]
Eriez Magnetics announces the availability of its Metalarm series metal detectors designed to protect machinery from metal damage. The series includes three main control units; the 3500, 3500/QM2, and...
Instantel announces the addition of its Series IV Minimate Pro4 and Minimate Pro6 vibration instruments. The devices are designed with plug and play sensors with colour-coded connectors, an improved u...
Foremost Industries LP now offers its Exploration Series of drilling rigs, reverse circulation drilling pipe, semi-automatic, rig-mounted pipe handlers and drilling consumables such as rotary deck bus...
Atlas Copco has just introduced its RC (reverse circulation) 50 hammer specifically designed for both deep hole exploration drilling and in-pit grade control applications. The new hammer features a Qu...
Bobcat Company introduces a new line of compact tractors including its CT225 equipped with a 27 hp diesel engine and three travel speeds. The machine is just 56 inches wide, 123 inches long, and 96 in...
In the early 1990s, the gold mines of Yellowknife were aging and, with public sentiment around the environment running high, support for mining was waning. Yellowknife resident Tom Hoefer at that time...
An often disregarded and poorly acknowledged aspect of development is the role played by women. Women are central to the entire development process. They are also at the vanguard of social transformat...
Agnico-Eagle Mines Ltd. has never been far out of our sights, since field editor Marilyn Scales and I started at Canadian Mining Journal (in 1977 and 1986, respectively). For one thing, Paul Penna, wh...
T he LARONDE MINE began life in 1988 as the DUMAGAMI open pit and underground mine, before Agnico-Eagle Mines acquired 100% interest in 1992. Over the last two decades, the complex and rich mine has b...
T here is more to being a successful gold mine than separating precious metals from waste rock. The undertaking should include being an ecologically responsible neighbour. At least it does for Agnico-...
P re-production development at Agnico- Eagle's LAPA MINE, 45 km west of Val d'Or, Que., is advancing toward startup in mid-2009. By the middle of May when CMJ visited the project, 2,300 m of developme...
Agnico-Eagle is jumping into the Finnish gold industry with both feet. The company's first mine to open outside Canada will be the US$190-million KITTILA GOLD MINE, scheduled to begin production this ...
