Record crowds and a record-setting exhibition floor marked PDAC 2026, held March 1–4 in Toronto. The annual convention of the Prospectors & […]
The next phase of digital transformation in mining is less about generating new data and more about unlocking the value of existing […]
Contract to equip Voisey's Bay concentratorOrillia, Ont.-based Dorr-Oliver Eimco has been awarded contracts to supply Inco's Voisey's Bay nickel project with more than $5.1 million of equipment. The m...
The Northern Development and Mines portfolio has been a revolving door for ministers in the last half decade, but this year it's more than a new face: it's a new party and platform. Sudbury native Ric...
It is difficult to accurately determine infection rates, but models show that about 30% of the sub-Saharan general population is infected with HIV or AIDS, with likely a much higher rate among working...
There's a proven technology that will be a boon for the mines dealing with large volumes of tailings.Explosive compaction (EC) is a densification technology that is predominantly used by the geotechni...
Interest in Canada's mining schoolsThe answer to your query ["Why are young people not staying in mining engineering after graduation?"] is obvious to us in this industry. Initially young men and wome...
Electricity surges across the Northwest (Ontario) Power Grid's 44-kV, three-phase, 60-Hz power lines before feeding 11 megawatts of energy to the transformers south of the mill building and main switc...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
