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 […]
During the past 11 years of working in Russia and the FSU, I have been asked many times if it is possible to do business there. My reply has always been yes, but it is neither simple nor easy. Russia…
CMJ: I'm so pleased to catch up to you and speak about a truly growing Canadian mineral producer, one with the strength to go global.Ross: It is my pleasure. Although Inmet is a relatively small minin...
Automated image analysis for ore petrographyFinding the right technological tools to reduce costs and achieve maximum output is one of the major components in maintaining a healthy position in the mar...
Last issue, I took to task company executives and directors who grab a disproportionate amount of the pie for themselves ("Lead by example", p.5, CMJ June/July 2002). I must have struck a sensitive ne...
This remarkable photograph by Graeme Oxby, taken in March 2002, captures one of many milestones in the $650-million deepening project at Falconbridge, Kidd Mining Divisions' Mine D, that will take the...
Teck is the house that the Keevils built. Dr. Norm Keevil Sr. was an academic pioneer, becoming one of Canada's first geophysics professors shortly before the Second World War. He recognized the poten...
Canada's fourth largest copper and zinc producer, Hudson Bay Mining & Smelting Co., Limited (HBMS), is energizing its northern Manitoba facilities, extending their future to 2016 and beyond. At a cost...
BRUCE REID / COURTESY OF H.B.M.S.AATS of South Africa provided an innovative shaft steel design. This is the first such installation in North America. The 777 mine project manager Pat Smyth described ...
Mid-April is when many companies hold their Annual General Meetings, and I attend some of the ones of mining companies. This is the opportunity for management to communicate face-to-face with its shar...
Expansion Project at Placer Dome's South Deep MineIn a late-May update, Placer Dome Inc. of Vancouver announced changes to its expansion project at the South Deep gold mine in South Africa. The compan...
After 12 years, Dick Phelps has left Engineering & Mining Journal (E&MJ) as editor-in-chief. He is now a consulting engineer specializing in operations, finance and communications. He can be reached a...
The current LME price of nickel (mid-March 2002) is US$6,650/tonne. This is a rebound since a low of US$4,440 in November 2001, but is nowhere near the peak of US$10,660 in March 2000. Nickel will be ...
