Mining operations strive to be safe, efficient, and productive, but they often allocate up to 50% of their annual budget to equipment […]
NOVAGOLD is entering a pivotal new phase as it advances the Donlin Gold Project toward a construction decision, buoyed by strong 2025 […]
Prime Minister Jean Chrtien gave Canada an early Christmas present by signing the Kyoto Protocol on December 16. Not everyone wanted it. The Canadian oil patch has been one of the most vociferous opp...
Preliminary figures for 2001 indicate that the total value of Ontario's mineral production was $5.63 billion, down slightly from $5.87 billion in 2000. Lower nickel prices were primarily responsible f...
CMJ: What affect is the opening up of the electricity markets having on mining companies in the province?JW: The rates haven't increased for everyone. I've heard from many smaller companies but certai...
Mike Cosec, Sudbury district geologist for the Ontario Geological Survey, is probably the expert concerning the Sudbury area exploration boom. According to Cosec, the number of claims staked and the n...
It's 6 o'clock on a Saturday morning. The sun hasn't quite managed to brighten the day yet, but already Dale Kosie is hunched under the fluorescent lights in an arena dressing room, searching for mean...
It's the time of year to pause and reflect on how things are going, and dream about what we can wish for, if we believe in Santa Claus, leprechauns or caffeine-driven analysts.We decided to focus on C...
In Canada's North, Nunavut has been attracting a diversity of exploration activity. Gold, base metals, PGEs and diamonds are all being intersected in drill holes and, as they say, "the mineralization ...
I have been a cheerleader for Canadian diamonds every since I heard about the first mine being developed. My enthusiasm must have rubbed off, because both my mom and my aunt have become interested in ...
For the last 10 years, many organizations including my own have been trying to convince politicians, bureaucrats and regulators that environmentally-sound metal recycling is good. It has been an uphil...
The 2002-03 edition of the Canadian Mines Handbook, published in November 2002, is a complete guide to publicly-traded Canadian mining companies and their worldwide exploration operations. It contains...
Rumbles from the Halls of CongressWith copper prices at all-time lows, Exxon's attempted sale of the Disputada operation in a Caribbean tax haven for US$1.3 billion did not wash well among some of Chi...
Albian Sands joins ranks of oil sands producers$5-billion Athabasca Oil Sands Project prepares to growThe oil sands contain as much as 1.7 trillion barrels of bitumen, not all of which is recoverable....
