Critical minerals have become essential not only for the global energy transition but also for national security and defence. As countries work […]
Aramine continues to advance underground mining equipment designed for narrow-vein operations, with a growing focus on battery electric machinery and automation. The […]
Readings in Historical Metallurgy...
Data are the life blood of our work and communications. Whether it is a presentation, a record of operations, a budget or any other collection of coherent information, it is likely to be stored as dat...
Montreal's Birim Goldfields has named Vic King its new president and COO. His previous job was regional exploration manager for Gold Fields in Africa....
Prospectors unafraid of inclement weather know the secret of Labrador's Central Mineral Belt: uranium-bearing rock outcrops in hundreds of places. Thanks to precise exploration techniques, the belt ha...
As the old saying goes, "Time is money." This is very much the case in uranium plays, because of the need to take advantage of the current world price for this metal -- a price that seems destined to...
McClean Lake: Jet boring reaches small pods...
At Cameco Corp.'s Cigar Lake Mine in Saskatchewan, the single-shaft test mine is being expanded into a full production facility. High-grade (19% U3O8) ore will be crushed and ground u...
In the overheated commodities markets, it is easy to overlook uranium. But the uranium price is flying high. From around US$10/lb U3O8 through the 1990s, the price has risen sharply since late 2003 to...
A protective system with the potential to save mining companies millions of dollars a year is triggering a major rethink in mining conveyor maintenance in Australia. The process, developed by Western...
Bucyrus International is celebrating 125 years of building heavy excavating machinery, including the largest earthmovers ever to roam the planet. Throughout that time, Bucyrus has led...
Knelson Gravity Solutions of Langley, B.C., has announced that a complete line of proprietary lab equipment is now available to the mining industry. The company has been pioneering th...
In the Last Word column in the January 2006 issue of CMJ, we incorrectly identified the drummer from the Shaft Bottom Boys in the Inco-sponsored "Sudbury Saturday Night" event last year. Cory McPhee (...
