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B.C. mine museum helps celebrate World Rivers Day

The Britannia Mine Museum, (located on the Sea-to-Sky Highway near Squamish, B.C.) together with the Outdoor Recreation Council of BC, and the Squamish River Watershed Society, recently hosted a BC Rivers Day Celebration.

Diavik’s mine rescue team wins overall championship

Diavik Diamond Mines Inc., operator of the Diavik Diamond Mine, NWT, is pleased to announce that its mine rescue team recently won the overall underground competition at the 10th National Western Regional Mine Rescue Competition held every two...

Raw Tenacity Propels Mine Towards Production

"Finally!" John Kearney puts an extra emphasis on that word, summing up the daunting array of hurdles and roadblocks that Canadian Zinc Corporation has traversed in almost 20 years of work on the Prairie Creek base metal/silver deposit.

Golden Glow

Thanks to Golden Band Resources of Saskatoon, wheat isn't the only thing giving off a "golden glow" in Saskatchewan these days. In fact, wheat pales by comparison to the shine coming from Golden Band's new gold deposits located approximately...

Getting Ready

Snow Lake will soon be living up to its name as another Manitoba winter sets in, but regardless of the weather, it won't slow things down for HudBay Minerals as it pushes on to get its $704-million Lalor project to…

Aerial sensing helps manage ground subsidence in mines

The rich deposits of potash that lie under the Saskatchewan prairie help provide fertilizer that boosts crop yields, yet the potential for subsidence of the underground workings is cause for concern; both for the mines themselves and for the...

Ground testing for mine sites

All mine sites have grounded electrical systems designed to protect people and equipment by providing a safe path for the dissipation of fault currents, lightning strikes, transient over-voltages, static discharges, EMI and RFI signals and...

Rock-hard Solutions

Few people are familiar with Lively, Ontario, but when you associate the name Sandvik with it, most of the world would guess that the town must have something to do with mining.

Truck Size and Speed

Sustainability is achieved when the least amount of energy exerted results in the greatest productivity outcome.

Metal detectors

Eriez continues to be a worldwide leader in the development of specialized equipment for the coal processing industry including its EagleHawk Metal Detectors, which provide superior metal sensitivities through its pulse induction technology's...