Aramine continues to advance underground mining equipment designed for narrow-vein operations, with a growing focus on battery electric machinery and automation. The […]
As mining companies push for greater productivity while facing growing pressure to reduce emissions and improve efficiency, blasting technology is evolving rapidly. […]
Rick Alexander has joined Vancouver-based Adanac Molybdenum Corp. as vice- president project development. The company is developing the world-class Ruby Creek project.
With the retirement of Allen Hayward from Xstrata Nickel last fall, the Ontario Mining Association had to bump up the timing of its succession-planning protocol. Hayward, who was halfway through his t...
Construction of Ontario's first diamond mine--the Victor project owned by De Beers Canada--is well underway (see CMJ October 2006). Production is expected to begin in 2008, and the diamonds mined will...
Politicians usually don't have much trouble finding something to dispute, but in this case the decision was unanimous. At the Ontario Mining Association's Meet the Miners event at Queen's Park in Toro...
The use of popular culture to spur political debate always stirs strong emotions. People have been taking sides since the recent release of the movie "Blood Diamond" starring Leonardo DiCaprio. The mo...
A Toronto-based private firm has developed a new fixed-wing airborne surveying system, which has been described as the next generation of gravity gradiometer systems. Improvements of Gedex's HD-AGG o...
Milestones at Copper Cliff North mine
The impression of many first year engineering students is that the mining industry is dirty, unsophisticated and requires living and working in remote and sometimes hostile areas. This is not surprisi...
Fort St. John already plays a vital role as the hub of British Columbia's prosper- ing oil and gas, energy and forestry industries, acting as the service centre for the northeast region of the provinc...
The Association for Mineral Exploration BC (AME BC) and a number of British Columbia-based exploration industry representatives recently mounted an education and lobbying effort. The aim was to increa...
No one will argue that in the fairly recent past the mineral exploration and development sector in British Columbia went through the economic and political wringer. But, rather like the mythic Phoenix...
