June 11, 2024

Ontario Mine Rescue names 2024 provincial competition winners

Out of eight teams, Agnico Eagle’s Macassa Mine came out on top – the first provincial victory for the mine since 1986.

June 5, 2024

How mining companies can break out of the talent trap — report

New report by the Boston Consulting Group  explores the impact of an aging workforce on mining companies and outlines what must be done to incentivize and attract young talent.

June 4, 2024

Mine pollution has isolated British trout — study

Trout living in rivers polluted by metal from old mines across the British Isles are genetically "isolated" from other trout.

June 3, 2024

Rio Tinto marks 70th year of operations at British Columbia’s only aluminum smelter

Rio hosted a celebration on June 1 at the Kitimat smelter site, with more than 1,800 attendees including four generations of employees and retirees.

June 3, 2024

Equinox organizes fundraiser for Ontario hospital

The “Ride to Greenstone” will be an epic 3,634-km bike relay from Vancouver to Ontario.

May 31, 2024

Geoscience BC seeks further collaborations on critical minerals and metals research

The first phase will collate and analyze existing information from current and historic mining operations to identify sites for future laboratory and fieldwork studies.

May 26, 2024

Hidden gold earring reveals forgotten episode of Carthage-Rome war

The gold earring was found inside a building destroyed during the Second Punic War and the passage of Hannibal's troops through Spain.

May 24, 2024

Illinois coal forests home to unique arachnid with spiny legs — study

Douglassarachne acanthopoda has been described as existing in the famous Illinoisan locality of Mazon Creek.

May 17, 2024

Canadian mining industry rallies to support Afghanistan women scholars

Some of the biggest miners have come together in a remarkable initiative that brought 10 women scholars to the University of British Columbia.

May 15, 2024

Proven wrong, academics take a 3rd stab at gold

Harvey & Erb, they of the Golden Dilemma, once again promote a story that only an academic would stick to years after being proven wrong.