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A Canadian mining company in South Africa

South African game preserves are home to an abundance of wildlife including the elephant. The 40-year-old South Deep gold mine 75-km west of the Johannesburg international airport, is the elephant of ...

Does speed mean greed?

Diavik is a very special place. Canada's second diamond mine is coming up with larger, higher-quality stones than had been predicted, with one of the highest in-situ values per tonne of ore of any dia...

New self-retracting lifeline and harness thrown to miners

Proving that size does matter, the new Bacou-Dalloz-designed Miller Black Rhino self-retracting lifeline (SRL), claims to be the smallest and lightest, 9-foot cable lifeline on the market. The company...

Suncor on Track to Expand Oil Sands Production

Anyone who has driven by a gas station within the last few months has noticed that gas prices are volatile. During the course of a day, prices can fluctuate 5 to 10 cents per litre, creating havoc for...

In the Footsteps of the Dinosaurs

The plants that grew on the marges of the Albian Sea 100 million years ago and became bitumen trapped in the Athabasca oil sands are being reborn as "synthetic crude" oil products through the efforts ...

McArthur River Mine Running Again

Mining has resumed at Cameco Corporation's 70%-owned McArthur River mine without much fanfare following the repair of what looked to be a very serious breach deep underground.The world's largest, high...

People (October 01, 2003)

The Order of Engineers of Quebec, which represents 46,000 engineers, presented its 2003 Excellence Award to Ren Defour. This award recognizes his career in teaching, research management, and his cont...

European Gemological Laboratory Expands Into Canada

As Canada joined the ranks of diamond producing countries, many foreign-based companies that provide down-stream processing --the cutting, polishing, evaluating and marketing of stones--began looking ...

Resurgence in Canadian Mining Schools Long Overdue

To download the full version of this article including tables in PDF format, click here.New students are swarming into Canadian mining schools this September. The surge in mining st...

A Shot in the Arm for the Mining Industry

One of the better barometers used to measure the well-being of an industry is the ease and relative abundance of money that can be raised in the marketplace. Money raised as equity, either through ini...

Canada’s Top 40 by Revenue

Noranda Inc. has done it again, earning over $6 billion and crowning CMJ's list of Top 40 Canadian Mining Companies. It seems Noranda is at the top every year in recent memory, but this merely reflect...

The potash project: Thailand’s first underground mine

Thailand's new Minerals Act, which allows mining below 100 m depth without the property owner's consent, is being put to the test with the government considering its first mining lease application to ...