A couple of engineers got together and decided to have a dam kid. They knew what they were getting into, and they […]
Record crowds and a record-setting exhibition floor marked PDAC 2026, held March 1–4 in Toronto. The annual convention of the Prospectors & […]
Innovative Closure Labour Agreement at Golden GiantIt's hard to believe, but the Hemlo gold camp in northern Ontario is starting to look to the closure of its mines. Battle Mountain Canada Ltd.'s Gold...
The MacLeod mine has been a landmark at the entry to the town of Geraldton in northwestern Ontario since 1943, when Highway 11, one of the province's two trans-Canada highways, was completed.When the ...
The Red Lake gold mine and mill in Balmertown, northwest Ontario, opened in 1948, and has operated at between 150 and 800 tonnes per day. The mine was closed in June 1996 by a strike that only ended i...
The Canadian Industry Program for Energy Conservation (CIPEC) has appointed W. Warren Holmes as the new chair of its executive board. Holmes, who is the senior vice-president, Canadian mining operatio...
The exploration program got its first real taste of the High Grade Zone in 1995. When negotiations for a new labour contract began the next year, members of the United Steelworkers of America local at...
The Red Lake (a.k.a. Arthur White) mine was owned and operated by Dickenson Mines Ltd. for most of its history. In an early August interview in Goldcorp Inc.'s Toronto office, the chairman and CEO, Ro...
The story of the Balmertown gold mines in northwest Ontario is a story of two mines side-by-side, one rich and the other poor.Arthur White was the prospector/promoter who originally found and staked t...
The Art & Science of Writing Geoscience Reports by Brian Grant, P.Geo., is a new manual aimed at explorationists and students, as it focuses on report products and standards required during the normal...
Once again, and it is no surprise, Noranda is Canada's largest mining company. Last year it posted revenues of almost $6.5 billion, up significantly from $6.0 billion in 1998 (all figures in Canadian ...
The deepest underground shaft in the Western Hemisphere is now complete--a 2,249-m-deep mine shaft, the third for the LaRonde mine, and the centrepiece of its major six-year-long mine and mill expansi...
In today's global economy--one characterized by unprecedented competition and quantum leaps in technological change--success is as often attributed to innovation in management techniques and practices...
The tire should match the job, not just the vehicle. Ken Downes is involved in mining and contractor sales for Kal Tire, a Michelin and Bridgestone/Firestone tire dealer in Vernon, B.C. He describes t...
