Almost everybody associates the name “Huckleberry” with Mark Twain’s Huckleberry Finn and his comrade Tom Sawyer, but in the mining community, Huckleberry […]

Newfoundland and Labrador is one of the foremost producers of iron and nickel in Canada, ranking second in production of both metals […]

Owning and working two mines in two countries outside of Canada obviously poses challenges from a logistical perspective, but for Capstone Mining […]

When a mining company employs nearly 15 per cent of the entire population from a local community, that company understandably becomes a […]

BC’s coal mining industry has always had more heroes than villains over its tumultuous 150-year history.

No metal on earth has the same tantalizing effect on mankind as gold. The ‘sweat of the sun,’ as the ancient Incas called it, has the power to quicken the pulse of the prospector or put a gleam in the…

ALBERTA - Imperial Oil, operator and 71% owner, says start-up is underway at the first phase of the Kearl oil sands project. ExxonMobil Canada owns the remaining 29% of the project 75 km northeast of Fort McMurray.

NEVADA – It is with pride that owner Veris Gold Corp. of Vancouver announces that it's Jerritt Canyon processing plant poured its 8-millionth oz of gold on March 21, 2013. The first ounce of gold was produced on July 4,…

The word  "detour " is in Detour Gold Corporation’s name but it certainly wasn’t in its vocabulary when it came to building the Detour Lake Mine, located due south of James Bay, about 180 km northeast of Cochrane, and just…

From the rugged and windswept shores of Labrador’s Voisey’s Bay to the relative calm of Newfoundland’s Long Harbour, Vale has chosen two very distinct sites on Canada’s east coast to build one of the largest nickel...

"Explosive" is one of the best ways to describe the activities around Rio Tinto’s IOC Carol Lake operation in Labrador as the project continues to make noise around the world with its record production of iron ore.

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...