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 […]
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....
Protection of water quality has become one of the most important environmental challenges facing the mining industry. Although new mining projects can be designed to minimize impacts to the environmen...
Pliable display technology project completedVancouver-based IDELIX Software Inc., makers of the visualization technology known as pliable display technology (PDT), has completed its PDT Web Map Clien...
