Canada does not lack mineral potential. What it needs is the ability to convert that potential into productive mines, resilient supply chains […]
Much like exploration geologists, university-based historians do much of their field research in the summer months. Limited more by the demands of […]
Another large Canadian nickel laterite project is Ambatovy in eastern Madagascar, off the east coast of southern Africa. The project is owned by Dynatec Corp. of Richmond Hill, Ont., and Sumitomo Corp...
An accidental fire that started just after midnight on Sunday, Jan. 29, 2006, in the world's largest potash mine trapped 72 people underground in a potentially dangerous situation. Within a day and a...
From the very beginning, rockfalls have remained the principal cause of fatalities associated with mining activities. Despite modern techniques and heavy mechanization, the rockfall problem persists....
Liebherr Mining Equipment Co. of Newport News, Va., recently received two large orders for Ultra Class T 282 B AC-drive trucks....
As my bones get older, I enjoy a mild winter like 2005-06. Whether the warmer-than-average season is a sign of global warming or not is open to debate. What we can say with certainty is that the more...
Komatsu America Corp. of Vernon Hills, Ill., has introduced the company's first wheel loader equipped with a Tier-3-compliant engine. The 118,385-lb WA600-6, designed for smaller mining applications,...
The application of paste backfill technology for mined stopes has been a major contributor to the development and economic growth of mining industries across the world, and hence to a reduction of 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...
