Record crowds and a record-setting exhibition floor marked PDAC 2026, held March 1–4 in Toronto. The annual convention of the Prospectors & […]
The next phase of digital transformation in mining is less about generating new data and more about unlocking the value of existing […]
We start our careers with excitement, with great dreams, a bit of worry, and often, debt. We work very hard at our first jobs, earning early promotions and higher-than-normal pay increases--and releas...
The hard work of a very dedicated team and US$340 million dollars are reshaping the Alto Chicama region with Peru's newest gold mine. Barrick's Lagunas Norte mine is coming into produ...
Everyone at the Veladero project is working flat-out preparing the mine and plant for production in the fourth quarter of this year. It helps to know that something good will come of the effort: there...
Project director Ron Kettles needs more than one word to sum up the Pascua-Lama project. "It's a world-class deposit at high altitude in a bi-national setting. And the mineralogy is unique."...
When CMJ visited Barrick's new mine developments in Argentina and Peru last February, we saw first-hand how hard the company is working to create truly sustainable development for communities a...
This year Startco will celebrate its 30th anniversary. In 1975, the company developed a unique solid-state starter for conveyors used in potash mining. Since then Startco has introduc...
Reno, Nevada-based Glamis Gold is building a mine in Guatemala, but local opposition is heating up. Judging from the company's press releases, the company has a very long way to go be...
Software for Automation explains OPC from a plant perspective. Several mines, pits, quarries and mills are already benefiting from advanced software, achieving tighter control,...
Donald R. Lindsay is the new president and CEO of Vancouver-based Teck Cominco. Formerly he was president of CIBC World Markets and was responsible for both the Investment and Banking...
When you're only number three, you've got to try harder. That seems to be a factor driving Toronto-based Barrick Gold Corp. to build up its annual gold production from the current 4.9...
The Sudbury Joint Venture (SJV) is the business to study for any company that wants to be a profitable mineral producer. Partners FNX Mining (75%) and Dynatec...
The average age in the Canadian mining industry is almost 50. Some of the half-centurians, especially the lucky few with long service and a good pension, are thinking about early retirement. But there...
