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Of Eggs and Baskets

Mark Twain (a.k.a. Samuel Clements) made a lot of sense, for a writer. One of his characters, Pudd'nhead Wilson (in Pudd'nhead Wilson's Calendar, 1894) pithily advises that you should "Put all your eg...

Kemess Turnaround

The Kemess South gold-copper mine in the rolling Omineca Mountains of north-central British Columbia is easy to like. The Toodoggone region is magnificent, and the people at the mine are very down-to-...

Exploration: Deep Imaging

Mining and exploration companies wanting to capitalize on the current up-tick in the gold price and potential future improvement in other commodities must overcome the short-term difficulty of raising...

School Days

Science teachers and earth scientists...meet at GeoSciEd IV, a conference of the International Geoscience Education Organization, in Calgary, Alta. on Aug. 10-14, 2003. Teachers from elementary to uni...

Equipment and Suppliers News (April 01, 2003)

New front shovel for mining and aggregate applicationsCaterpillar Inc. of Peoria, Ill., has introduced the 5090B front shovel, a high-production loading tool that replaces the 5080 hydraulic excavator...

People (April 01, 2003)

Radisson Mining Resources of Rouyn-Noranda, Que., has announced the appointment of Donald Lacasse as its new president following the departure of Guy Parent. Lacasse is a civil engineer who was named ...

A Word in Your Ear About Coal

Psst... hey buddy! Want to hear about a new met coal partnership?At first glance, the deal that launched the Fording Coal Partnership on Feb. 28 seems complicated. However, two executives from Teck Co...

Craft: The Cutting Edge

Near the end of the runway at the airport in Yellowknife, the capital of the Northwest Territories, are five one-story industrial buildings surrounded by tall chain-link fences. These are three diamon...

Diavik delivers

Is it true that Yellowknife's sidewalks are studded with diamonds? I don't think so. But Canada's newest diamond mine, Diavik, is already spitting out gemstones. The first ones passed through the proc...

Mineral Exploration: Trends & Developments 2002

Last year, 2002, was not notable for an influx of mineral exploration dollars, but it was a time for refining and enhancing existing geophysical technologies. Significant new developments will affect ...

Reader Rebuttal (February 01, 2003)

Quebec's non-metal mines left outIt seems like you have forgotten us or made a translation mistake on page 28 of your September 2002 issue [map of the geological subdivisions and location of active mi...