Caterpillar Inc. and Rio Tinto plc recently reached a three-year agreement for the Cat CAES and Aquila Drill and Dragline systems to be the preferred standard at the mining company's open pit operati...

A note of thanks

The only decoration in the general manager's office at the Langlois mine is a black and white photo of a suited man. The zinc mine and mill, 213 km northeast of Val d'Or in northwest Quebec, was named...

The nickel potential of northern Quebec's Ungava Peninsula is largely untested, despite the success of Xstrata Nickel's Raglan mine. That situation is about to change, however, as Canadian Royalties a...

Toronto-based BANRO CORP. has named Michael Prinsloo its new CEO. Peter Cowley will retain his duties as president. Prinsloo comes to Banro after a long and rewarding career with Anglo American Gold a...

Really, there is nothing wrong with money. The problem becomes what to do with your cash when faced with a global credit crisis. In the latter half of August, Canadian mining companies were struggling...

"We consider it part of our job to recruit potential students, and to promote mining as a profession," says Prof. Hani Mitri, who heads up McGill University's Mining Engineering program. That willingn...

P&H Mining Equipment recently introduced the 4100C BOSS with Centurion AC drive to the Suncor oil sands mine north of Fort McMurray, Alta. This development resulted from a two-year project to int...

Mississauga, Ont.-based Nett Technologies' SN- and SO-series diesel particulate filters have been listed by the Mine Safety & Health Administration (MSHA) for installation in U.S. coal mine applic...

Inflated Goldcorp figures

Almost one million people in Canada did some or all of their work at home in 2000. By 2003, that number had risen to 1.3 million. There are expected to be almost 2 million (about 13% of the Canadian w...