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.

MANITOBA  - Sustainability is achieved when the least amount of energy exerted results in the greatest productivity outcome. This philosophy is key to the management at HudBay Mineral's Chisel North zinc mine near Snow Lake. The company...

TORONTO - Terry MacGibbon, formerly of Inco,  founder of FNX Mining and chairman of Quadra FNX Mining, has accepted the responsibilities of chairing the Next 50 Campaign at Laurentian University. To date the campaign has raised $39 million...

An independent study conducted by PwC on provincial taxation of mining companies in Canada reveals that nearly 41% of mining profits in Quebec are paid as taxes and royalties, including the federal component, while the Canadian weighted average...

There is an unmistakable note of excitement in the voice of Ron Perry these days (and more than little bravado of the nothing-can-stop-us-now variety) when he talks about Metanor Resources and its Bachelor Lake gold property. And it has nothing...

Vale Canada Ltd.'s $2.8-billion nickel processing facility at Long Harbour in Newfoundland will be a showcase for the mining giant's newly developed hydrometallurgy refining technology when the plant is completed in early 2013.

Flooding is usually a nightmare for miners, but for Selwyn Resources of Vancouver, the millions of gallons of water sitting in its newly purchased zinc and lead pit near Halifax weren't that big of a problem.

The metal-rich Labrador Trough is a world-class iron ore mining district in eastern Canada, that has been producing continuously since 1954. This belt of Proterozoic iron formation spans the entire width of western Labrador and extends into...

Building a successful mine takes teamwork, and Stornoway Diamond Corp. and the Quebec Government are working together to help ensure that the Renard Diamond Project has every chance of reaching its goals by providing funding for infrastructure...

Renard has the potential to yield some of the biggest and most valuable diamonds Canada has ever produced.

What a difference a decade makes! Ten years ago, according to many in the Toronto-media and political elite, mining was a sunset industry. Some even thought we should let this supposedly low-tech sector die and allow lesser developed countries...

Earlier this summer, 15 mine rescuers in three teams responded instantly to the call from the 1,000-m level at Vale's Stobie nickel mine in Ontario. They were at the accident scene within 80 minutes but, sadly, not in time to…