British Columbia has seen a resurgence in mining and mineral exploration during 2006. Investor confidence is solidly behind new exploration and mine development, and the province is experiencing a boo...

In April 2006, after noticing an associated risk between lost time accidents and physical fitness, Tom Stuffco, the mill superintendent and Brian Ledgerwood, the mill ops general foreman at the Kemess...

Explosive growth of the mining industry in British Columbia in recent years has lead to a looming employee shortage. Across Canada, estimates are up to 40% of workers in the industry who will be retir...

With the current spate of mergers and acquisitions, mining companies are acquiring portfolios that often include worked out or abandoned properties. Many companies often don't know the extent of the l...

A solution has been found in recent years to combat the lack of trust and co- operation that has commonly existed between mining companies wanting to exploit minerals and the neighbouring Aboriginal c...

Teck Cominco to supply gold, silver, bronze

Although our new technologies offer wonderful opportunities to improve our efficiency, they equally offer chances to fritter away time in ways never before seen. Checking on sports scores, reading new...

Mining is fraught with uncertainty, but with the Sept. 8 launch of McGill University 's COSMO (stochastic mine planning) laboratory, uncertainty will be less of a liability. In fact, it should become ...

Photographs from aircraft and satellites have long had application in the mining business, particularly exploration. However, recent developments in the field of remote sensing can help with all stage...

The young Canadian diamond industry is already evolving. The first two mines to open--BHP Billiton's Ekati mine in 1998 and the Diavik mine belonging to Rio Tinto and Aber in 2003--are large, long-lif...

When it opens on Oct. 1, 2007, Snap Lake will be De Beers' first producing mine in Canada, and in fact its first mine outside Africa.