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Duck Pond

Teck’s Duck Pond mine, located 28 km south of Millertown and 100 km southwest of Grand Falls-Windsor, is a tight -knit operation with a ‘family feel" and a strong culture of safety.  The day-and-night shifts know every member...

Pine Cove

Anaconda Mining’s Pine Cove mine is located on the Baie Verte Peninsula in north-central Newfoundland and characteristic of many mines in the province; it is well serviced by the Trans-Canada Highway, provincial highways and power from...

A gem of a mine

ack in 2003, when geologist Eric Fier met with his future partners of Silvercrest Mining to discuss the state of the mining industry, one thing was perfectly clear: The market, they decided, needed a fresh silver play. If it happened…

Great Gusto

At midnight on Valentine’s Day this year, as the Northern Lights swirled eerily overhead and a crisp breeze amplified the -20C chill, an unusual convoy of Western Star heavy haul trucks, pilot vehicles, and highway escorts were...

Big Money

When planning an expansion at the largest open pit mine in Quebec, thinking big is important. That’s exactly what ArcelorMittal did when it announced a $2.1-billion expansion of the Mont-Wright iron mine and concentrator at Fermont, QC....

Tunnel Vision

It’s a mining project with a twist because part of the work being done by Goldcorp at its Red Lake Gold Mines right now looks more like an urban transportation corridor than the underground workings at a remote mine site.

The “Trough”

The world-class Labrador Trough iron mining district has long been a bastion of stability in the often uncertain world of mining.

The “Trough”

The world-class Labrador Trough iron mining district has long been a bastion of stability in the often uncertain world of mining.

Hemlo Shines

Barrick Gold Corporation’s Hemlo mines are located about a 30-minute drive east of the Town of Marathon on the north shore of Lake Superior 350 km east of Thunder Bay.

Moving Ahead

Wesdome Gold’s Eagle River gold mine is located 50 km due west of Wawa, and 65 km southeast of the Hemlo property featured in the previous article. It is perched on the Algoma Plateau about 310 m above Lake Superior…

Hidden but Hot

The Mount Polley mine is located almost dead centre between B.C.'s Rocky Mountains and the Pacific Ocean, in the south-central part of the province 8 km southwest of the village of Likely and about 100 km northeast of Williams Lake.