Much like exploration geologists, university-based historians do much of their field research in the summer months. Limited more by the demands of […]
Credit: Adobe Stock Many asset owners face a choice that looks simple: continue operating aging coal-fired generating stations or begin planning for […]
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...
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...
