May 7, 2020

Canadian Mining Hall of Fame accepting 2021 nominations

The deadline to contact a member or associate member organization about nominating a candidate for induction is June 1.

May 7, 2020

How Deere, Caterpillar kept plants running during the coronavirus outbreak

Both equipment makers have won the support of unions to run their facilities during the pandemic.

May 7, 2020

Oil bust forces college grads to rethink career path

The energy business used to add jobs at about 10 times the US national pace, now it’s even worse than the economy in general.

May 7, 2020

Unemployment grows among Australia’s geoscientists in Q1-2020

The Australian Institute of Geoscientists reports a 10% rise in unemployment in Q1-2020.

May 6, 2020

Modular Mining launches public application programming interface

The API provides the Modular Mining mine management ecosystem with access to previously unavailable information.

May 5, 2020

GSA’s north-central section meeting goes virtual

Uploaded presentations will be viewable through 22 May.

May 4, 2020

Rio invests $10m in community initiatives across Canada and US

The investment will target practical solutions to help frontline response workers around its operations.

May 4, 2020

South African union wins case on covid-19 safety

Union said it had won a court case against the government that will force authorities to impose strict guidelines against covid-19.

May 1, 2020

MINING PEOPLE: ATAC, Maya Gold & Silver, New Pacific Metals, Pima Zinc, Pretium

Key moves in the mining sector.

April 30, 2020

Codelco raises $800 million to face crisis

Chile’s state-owned copper miner said it received more than 320 orders, worth $10.6 billion, the highest ever for a Codelco bond.