PERTH, Australia - Immersive Technologies, the leading supplier of surface and underground mine operating simulators, has certified the 1,000th graduate of its TrainerAdvantage program. The program was designed for simulator training...

The Diavik mine rescue team will compete in the 10th Biennial National Regional Mine Rescue Competition in Fernie, BC, thanks to its second-place finish in the recent Workers' Safety and Compensation Commission's competition in Yellowknife.

Copper may end up on some "hot" lists thanks to its popularity with thieves but there's certainly nothing criminal about how Copper Mountain Mining is stealing headlines around the world now that its Copper Mountain Mine has gone into production

The long days of the Alaska summer are lighting up a remote, decades-old gold property that Vancouver junior Fire River Gold Corporation hopes will launch it into the lucrative league of gold producers riding the metal's sustained bull run.

With a name like Minefinders., there's little doubt what the company is all about. It's a name that leaves nothing to question because, quite frankly, Vancouver-based Minefinders Corporation Ltd. is a company on a mission to find mines and...

Canadian mining giant Teck Coal has more than 3000 employees, 400 mine haul trucks, shovels, drills and other surface mining machines; all of which are focussed on its 620 million tonnes of reserves at six metallurgical coal mines in...

The first gold mines in Quebec were discovered in the Malartic gold camp in the mid 1920s, all motivated by the then-recent discovery of the famous Horne Mine (in nearby Rouyn-Noranda), the foundation asset in another great Canadian mining...

Eighty-five hundred and fifty kilometers isn't exactly what you'd call "close," but that's how far Walter Energy Western Coal (formerly Western Coal Corp) has been shipping high-grade metallurgical coal from its mines in northeast British...

Three stocks of wheat adorn the Saskatchewan coat of arms, a reminder of the province's'deep connection to its agricultural roots, but it's what's beneath the surface that has become the real stroy of growth in the province.

Potash mining in southeast New Brunswick has been underway for over 30 years and construction began on the Penobsquis mine near Sussex in 1981 and on the nearby Potacan mine in 1983. Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan bought the Penobsquis mine...

QUEBEC - On April 13, 2011, Osisko Mining Corp. of Montreal announced the first gold pour from its flagship Canadian Malartic mine 25 km west of Val d'Or. The project involved spending roughly $760 million, moving the entire town of…

The Red Lake Gold Camp has long been synonymous with bonanza grades. For more than 60 years the Campbell mine provided half-ounce head grades, making it the world's richest gold mine. The focus has shifted to deeper deposits at the…