Critical minerals have become essential not only for the global energy transition but also for national security and defence. As countries work […]
Aramine continues to advance underground mining equipment designed for narrow-vein operations, with a growing focus on battery electric machinery and automation. The […]
Tucked away near the centre of Qubec is the Niobec mine and plant, North America's only ferroniobium producer. Moreover, with a 15% market share, it is the third largest in the world. Niobec's ferron...
How to Choose & Use Magnetic Separators!New 16-page "How-to" manual covers magnetic materials, differences in dry, moist and liquid process applications and a complete overview of magnetic separation ...
Trunnion magnet eliminates grinding ball fragmentsby Darrell MiltonGrinding ball fragments discharging from the ball mill of a world-class Canadian copper mining company were causing extreme wear to d...
Junior sector recoveringOTTAWA, ONT.--Exploration and deposit appraisal spending in Canada appears to have stabilized in recent years, according to a report released in mid-April by the federal govern...
Excavating a room with a viewOve Arup and Partners International Ltd. has been appointed to carry out a feasibility study of an unusual and challenging sculpture in the picturesque and traditional Spa...
At last year's United Nations World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg, South Africa, over 100 of the world's leaders collectively recognized the important contribution that mining, min...
To get a handle on the new company, CMJ paid a visit to the Kinross head office in Toronto in April. Following are excerpts from our interview with Robert Buchan, (president and CEO-pictured left), Sc...
1993-- Kinross formed from merger of three companies, with initial capital of Cdn$14 million. June--bought DeLamar mine and Candelaria mine in western U.S. from Nerco. September--bought 56% control b...
In Alaska the words "Fort Knox" mean gold, and a lot of it. But people aren't referring to the federal repository. Fort Knox is by far the state's largest gold producer and its only primary lode gold ...
It's hard to argue with success. Ten years ago, with impetus provided by Ned Goodman's investment bank, Dundee Bancorp, Kinross Gold Corp. was formed by pushing together the assets of three smaller co...
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...
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-...
