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 […]
When it comes to safety, the mining industry is not plagued by new injuries, but rather with finding new solutions to existing problems. Issues such as vehicular accidents, contamination/pollution, tr...
Giant Mine Agreement amendedThe federal Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development (DIAND) and Miramar Giant Mine Ltd. (a wholly-owned subsidiary of Miramar Mining Corp.) have finalized an ...
Idaho Consolidated Metals has appointed John E. Andrews as president and CEO. Andrews succeeds Delbert Steiner. Andrews served as president and COO of Stillwater Mining Co. from 1994 to 1999, during w...
A specialized digital weather data service for professionals in the mining industry has been launched by AccuWeather, Inc. of State College, Pa. The service provides comprehensive forecast and current...
Canada is home to many underground mines--dozens of them are detailed in CMJ's upcoming 2002 Mining Sourcebook. They differ in size, type and location, but they all need to improve productivity withou...
Improved safety for operators of trucks, tractors, cranes and other equipment will result from the use of the Tiltmeter, a precision instrument now available in Canada from Cascadia Instrumentation In...
In early November, I attended the first day of the Mining Diesel Emissions Conference in Markham, Ont. The is the seventh annual meeting of a relatively small group whose aim is to clean up the air th...
A new book, TapRooT - Root Cause Analysis, Problem Investigation, Proactive Improvement, reveals the revolutionary process that helps industry leaders put an end to the negative cycle of failure, cri...
Dr. Jay. D. Hair has been appointed first secretary general of the International Council on Mining and Metals, a restructured global industry association on sustainable development. The ICMM is the re...
You may already have heard that Antamina in north-central Peru is the world's largest combined copper/zinc mine, owned by a consortium of major mining companies--Noranda Inc. (33.75%), BHP Billiton (3...
In October 1998, when the Ekati mine began to produce Canada's first diamonds commercially, the industry was still a fledgling. There was a flurry of exploration activity, particularly in the Northwes...
If there is one thing the mining industry doesn't do quickly, it's to change. So it's no surprise that only now are mining companies showing a lot of interest in a technology that's two decades old--b...
