Global demand for critical minerals is accelerating, with the International Energy Agency (IEA) projecting a sixfold increase in global demand for critical […]
Mining operations strive to be safe, efficient, and productive, but they often allocate up to 50% of their annual budget to equipment […]
The VIP team set a very ambitious goal: to complete the design, procurement and transportation to the site of all the major parts of the project before the shipping season ended in 2000. They would ga...
There's a patriotic truism abroad these days: Canadians are the world's foremost mine finders. Is this really true?In fact, the system that developed field geologists in this country in the past has b...
Another Big Development ProjectI was quite disappointed when I looked at the centre page (Feb/ March 2001 issue) where appears, "The biggest mineral development projects in Canada." Our [Niocan niobiu...
The Geological Survey of Canada (GSC) is Canada's national agency for geoscientific information and research. It has supplied Canadian Mining Journal with unbiased reportage about the trends and devel...
Environmental compliance and employee safety are the goals for today's modern, progressive worldwide mining operation. Regulatory agencies are enforcing current laws as well as passing new laws to rem...
If $272 billion dollars doesn't interest you, stop reading now. But if it does, consider that Forrester Research of Cambridge, Mass., estimates $272 billion to be the total of online business trade in...
In the continuing search for the materials that will drive the high-technology industries of the New Economy, tantalum has become one of the most sought-after of all commodities.Although tantalum is a...
Geoff MacDonald, vice-president at AIM Funds Management, recently said that mining is now "off the radar screen" of institutional investors. Speaking at the CIM's Mineral Economics Society symposium i...
2001 Mining SourcebookPublished by Canadian Mining JournalThe current edition of the Mining Sourcebook ranks as one of the most beautiful ever produced. On the cover and in an exclusive nine-page port...
The Association has a number of active committees--Energy, Environmental, Financial Assurance, Taxation, Hoist Plant, Mine Rehabilitation, Mining Rules, Safety and Training and Workers' Compensation a...
The Ontario government continues to reaffirm its commitment to a healthy and vibrant mining industry in the province by creating an investment climate that will ensure and enhance its status as one of...
The lights in Timmins may not shine as brightly as in Los Angeles or New York. However, they are twinkling now through a sense of renewed optimism.The first mine in the area (the Dome mine) was discov...
