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.

Metso Minerals, one of the world's larger suppliers of equipment to the mining industry, is pleased to announce that it will now be improving its delivery to the Canadian market because of its recent ...

L ike many people, I once believed that a certain number of "accidents" are inevitable in the workplace, and I thought it impossible to go more than one or two million hours without a safety incident.

HudBay Minerals has transformed into a Canadian mining powerhouse in less than four years as a public company. However it took seventy-six years, a spike in base metal prices and a lot of hard work to...

C yr Drilling Ltd. of Winnipeg is a relative newcomer to the mineral exploration industry, but the man behind the firm has a track record as solid as Canadian bedrock. Sixty-five-year-old founder and ...

T he aim here is to seek to identify predictions that are by no means foregone conclusions, and some of which will be highly contentious or surprising. Well, I have some trends of what will happen wit...