Much like exploration geologists, university-based historians do much of their field research in the summer months. Limited more by the demands of […]
Credit: Adobe Stock Many asset owners face a choice that looks simple: continue operating aging coal-fired generating stations or begin planning for […]
In mid-November, 2007, Sandvik Mining and Construction held the 83rd Annual Oyster Night at Toronto's Le Meridian King Edward Hotel. Over 200 people representing various facets of the industry attende...
N ickel is one of the most important, highest value commodities mined in Ontario. This article highlights a few nickel-copper deposits currently in development--the Redstone and McWatters mines near T...
C ast your mind back to the late 1980s and the Toronto-based Amax subsidiary, Canamax Resources. The flow-throughshare enthusiast vowed to build five gold mines in five years. Kremzar was the fourth, ...
M ining is big business, with a long and profitable history in Ontario.However, what is needed right now is a solid recruitment program to attract young men and women into the industry. The Ontario Mi...
Sometimes it seems that the environmental and social expectations placed on the global mining sector are changing at the blinding speed of a slap shot. Yet even as Gretzky went on to become "The Great...
N ow that you are comfortable with a barcode scanner recording the correct prices at your grocery store, a related technology is already in use, monitoring ore being mined and sent to the mill plant. ...
Vancouver-based ABACUS MINING & EXPLORATION has named Thomas A.McKeever the chairman of the company.He takes up the challenge of developing the company's Afton copper-gold project near Kamloops, B...
Contractors working for Vancouver-based NovaGold Resources Inc. are pressing hard to complete construction of the company's first gold mine, the Rock Creek facility 11 km north of Nome--an historical ...
It's been a long time coming, but De Beers Canada is completing the commissioning of its Snap Lake diamond mine, 220 km northeast of Yellowknife in the Northwest Territories.
Some days ago I found an interesting discussion of "diversity", the idea that variety is a central feature of the world that we share with other species. Diversity is both natural and enriching: it pr...
Barrick Gold Corp. announced the "Unlock the Value" program on September 19 to some fanfare. The Toronto-headquartered company is offering a US$10-million prize to anyone who can figure out how to rec...
