December 12, 2019

The financial sustainability imperative

The perception of sustainability as a nice-to-have but costly luxury has changed irrevocably in the past 18 months.

December 12, 2019

Metso to shut down northern Sweden operation

The Ersmark plant produces rubber and poly-met wear parts used in the mining industry.

December 10, 2019

UBC scientists take ideas from the lab bench to the mine site

If you have a mine company with a tailings pond full of coal slurry or a coal deposit that is no longer economic, there could still be value in it

December 6, 2019

Colombia’s artisanal gold miners now part of a traceable global supply chain

More than five hundred gold panners have received support from an on-the-ground team to attain socially and environmentally responsible mining practices standards.

December 6, 2019

First EV mechanics graduate in city of Vancouver

The new program developed by BCIT will give mechanics the certification they need to work on EVs with 30 hours of class training.

December 5, 2019

Newmont ranked top miner in Newsweek’s list of America’s most responsible companies

The KPIs focused on company performance in environmental, social, and corporate governance areas

December 5, 2019

PhD student wins competition for environmental work on Commerce Resources’ Ashram deposit

Sophie Costis, a PhD student with the Université du Québec, has won the Geoscience Research Challenge.

December 3, 2019

All about private placements — volume one of four

Sector expert Maurice Jackson begins a four-part series on private placements with a conversation with Tekoa Da Silva of Sprott USA.

December 3, 2019

A crash course in junior mining – what mining and technology share in common

Junior companies are the lifeblood of the mining business – without them there would be no ounces to replace the depleting reserves at operating gold mines.

December 3, 2019

Glencore’s Glasenberg says successor could be in place next year

Current chief executive, Ivan Glasenberg, said there was "a good crop of people" but did not offer names.