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 […]
Canadian Mining GamesThe University of Toronto was the venue for the Canadian Mining Games, which took place at the beginning of the Mining Millennium 2000 meeting. Taking part in this event were 144 ...
Gil Labarre, mill expansion project manager for Hudson Bay Mining and Smelting Co., Ltd. (HBM&S), was named Mineral Processor of the Year at the Canadian Mineral Processors (CMP) annual meeting last J...
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...
Nothing but rocks and sand grow in the hilly Atacama desert in northern Chile. Here the climate is dry, dry, dry. That is not so for the fertile minds of Rio Algom where ideas have blossomed into a wo...
Beginning late in the 1800s and continuing into the early years of this century, small copper, gold and alum (kalinite) mines sprang up in the rugged rocky desert of northwestern Argentina. But it too...
The activities of Canadian explorationists and miners carry them all over the world, working with people from other cultures. Although they are very familiar with the technical tools they need to do t...
We at CMJ are often asked the question, "Is anything like the Mining Sourcebook available for countries other than Canada?" To our knowledge, the short answer is still "no", but there is a new volume ...
Svedala has been awarded the contract to develop and install the advanced expert control system on the 13 regrind lines at Iron Ore Co. of Canada's concentrator in Labrador City, Nfld. The system is b...
Richard Ross has been appointed a director of Inmet Mining Corp. and the president and CEO of the company, succeeding William James, who will assume the role of chairman of the board. The current chai...
Rio Algom Ltd. has outgrown its Canadian uranium roots, and is quickly joining the ranks of the world's major copper suppliers. Its plunge into South America is consistent with its commitment to find ...
The mineral wealth of South America is attracting investment from Canada and around the world. A prime example of this is the Antamina copper-zinc deposit in north-central Peru. The operator, Compaa...
On an evening in mid-January we were fortunate to have a crystal clear view of a total lunar eclipse. The shadow advancing across the Moon's surface actually made it look round--not like the flat Man-...
