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 […]
Nothing stays the same forever. This venerable magazine (as well as our almost-as-venerable sister publications The Northern Miner newspaper and the Canadian Mines Handbook) will have a change of owne...
Worldwide Mineral Resources Databases Available on CDTwo large databases have recently been placed into a single product useful for assessing mineral resources, for land-use planning, and for locating...
The world's best zinc comes, naturally, from the world's best zinc refinery. That honour arguably goes to CEZinc.The refinery was built in 1963 at Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Que. This small town southw...
Over the last 30 years, Noranda has developed a thriving aluminum division in the southern United States. The division is small but has developed a profitable niche, according to Bill Brooks, presiden...
Noranda is joining the ranks of the world's low-cost magnesium producers, and doing it with distinction. Behind this effort lie almost 60 years of study, 15 years of intensive R&D, and capital expendi...
For metals there is no beginning or end, just a continuum of use, re-use and recycling for new uses. At least this is the way that Bob Sippel sees it.Sippel is well suited to be Noranda's senior vice-...
The year 2000 is a good time to reflect on how the mining industry has advanced over the years. This industry, with a strong work ethic, appears staid and solid when viewed from the outside, but is ta...
Twenty-five years of largely unfocused exploration programs have left Noranda with uncomfortably small mine reserves. Recent corporate restructuring has resulted in a much clearer vision, according to...
Over the years that I have been on this magazine, I have visited many mines, plants and offices to get information for articles. After I have spent the requisite time interviewing someone, usually the...
At the "Meet the Miners" event at Queen's Park in Toronto on April 19, Ontario premier Michael Harris (centre) meets a couple of miners from Timmins, ON. He is seen talking with Dan Gignac (left), gen...
Uranium Mine Commissioning On-TrackThe McArthur River underground uranium mine in northern Saskatchewan (CMJ, June 1999) is progressing according to schedule in its two-year ramp-up phase, and anticip...
By his own calculations, Noranda's senior VP of zinc, George R. Jones, rates Canada as the world's largest producer of zinc metal. Canadian production this year he estimates to be 794,000 tonnes of me...
