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.
May 15, 2024 Gold-infused sensor effectively detects presence of fentanyl A new sensor that relies on carbon nanotubes and gold nanoparticles can detect even small amounts of fentanyl.
Op-ed: America can’t defend itself with Chinese minerals US is building new critical-mineral processing facilities from Texas to Tennessee, but without new sources of raw material, those plants will sit idle. January 23, 2026 | 12:56 pm
