Global demand for critical minerals is accelerating, with the International Energy Agency (IEA) projecting a sixfold increase in global demand for critical […]
As the importance of developing mining resources increases and the capital costs associated with doing so not only increase, but evolve in […]
In these pages you will find an article updating the Voisey's Bay nickel mine in Labrador, which is being commissioned for first concentrate shipment in November. In preparation, I almost visit...
Toronto's Falconbridge Ltd. reports that it has completed the modifications on a former copper roaster at the Altonorte copper smelter near Antofagasta, and has started producing molybdenum trioxide....
A small Port Perry, Ont., investment company is having a big impact in East Africa. Besides providing direct mining employment and tax revenues, the company has been able to improve the local agricult...
Pyritic waste rock piles generate acid rock drainage, which damages the environment and gives headaches to mining companies. Different methods such as subaqueous deposition and perpetual treatment of...
When CMJ visited Barrick's new mine developments in Argentina and Peru last February, we saw first-hand how hard the company is working to create truly sustainable development for communities a...
Reno, Nevada-based Glamis Gold is building a mine in Guatemala, but local opposition is heating up. Judging from the company's press releases, the company has a very long way to go be...
With over $41.1 billion dollars in revenue each year at stake (according to Natural Resources Canada), Canadian mining companies have a vested interest in the way land is used and how it is left when...
The former mayor of the City of Metropolitan Toronto, Mel Lastman, was known for running on at the mouth. He once jokingly told a reporter that he was worried about being boiled in a pot by cannibals...
The twin gold mines Red Lake and Campbell in Balmertown, Ontario share a deep, high-grade orebody. The former poor sister of the two--the Red Lake (a.k.a. Arthur White/Dickenson) mine--has come...
TORONTO, Ontario A new program, "Mining for Water", was launched on Monday, March 8 at the PDAC convention by ORE...
It is difficult to accurately determine infection rates, but models show that about 30% of the sub-Saharan general population is infected with HIV or AIDS, with likely a much higher rate among working...
There's a proven technology that will be a boon for the mines dealing with large volumes of tailings.Explosive compaction (EC) is a densification technology that is predominantly used by the geotechni...
