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 […]
CMJ: You are from Abitibi-Tmiscamingue, and grew up near La Sarre.Gendron: My family lives in La Sarre. La Sarre is not really a mining town, but it's near Val-d'Or, Rouyn-Noranda, Matagami.I've alwa...
At the end of 2001, the Vancouver-based Fraser Institute proclaimed that "Qubec and Ontario are Number One in the world on the overall investment attractiveness index for mining companies." This conc...
29 pages, colour, 8.5 X 11 inches, spiral-boundPublisher: Boojum Research Ltd.June 2002, Toronto. Tel. 416-861-1086 $25.00This intimate tale of a Canadian success story is a good story well-told. It b...
In the beginning, almost in the beginning, there were the earth, the water and the sky. Within the earth and water and sky there were metals, and they were moved by tectonic and meteorological forces....
The celebrations began on both sides of the Atlantic nearly two years ago when 16 of the industry's biggest players kick-started an electronic procurement project called Quadrem with the signing of de...
From Richard Ross, CEO, Inmet Mining Corporation, TorontoAdhering to the concepts of sustainable development is a necessity. Although the formalization of sustainable development in the MMSD report is...
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...
