February 4, 2019

MMSA awards gold medal to Pierre Lassonde

MMSA considers the gold medal to be the highest honour it can bestow on individuals for exemplary service to the mineral industry.

February 1, 2019

Mining industry advocate tapped to lead BC LNG Alliance

Starting mid-February, Bryan Cox will serve as president and CEO.

January 30, 2019

Fortune Minerals commits to hire locally at Canada’s first primary cobalt mine

Company has signed a socio-economic agreement with the government of the Northwest Territories.

January 29, 2019

Rethinking mining strategies among the top-10 global trends to shape 2019

Mining companies now need to determine how to operate in a market that is characterized by rising stakeholder demands, a widening talent gap, as well as dwindling access to key…

January 23, 2019

Teck, WFP tackle zinc deficiency in China

Teck’s Zinc and Health program has reached 100 million people worldwide since 2011.

January 21, 2019

Groundbreaking! America’s new quest for mineral independence

What happens when a geologist and an author whose chief interest is California’s Silicon Valley get together to take a look at the United States’ dependence on foreign supplies of…

January 7, 2019

New mineral found inside gemstones in Israel

Mineral found in one of junior Shefa Yamim’s gemstones has been recognized and approved as a new mineral by the International Mineralogical Association.

January 3, 2019

DPA appoints new managing director

For the last decade, Buckley Kayel led Marketing & Communications for Van Cleef & Arpels.

January 2, 2019

Blackwater founder launches fund to invest in electric car battery metals

The founder of the US private security company aims to raise as much as $500 million to invest in deposits of metals such as cobalt, lithium and copper.

December 28, 2018

Mining titan and philanthropist Peter Munk’s lifetime of achievement

The iconic entrepreneur and founder of gold mining giant Barrick Gold has donated $300 million to institutions in Canada.