November 2, 2016

Mining school faculty grant application period opens December 1

SME program supports U.S. educators

October 27, 2016

Data contained in diamonds could stay there forever too

Scientists say precious stones could have a more practical, equally long-term use one day.

October 25, 2016

MICROMINE’s Academic Licencing Scheme (ALS) partners with Indonesian universities to allow for real time learning

MICROMINE’s ALS partnerships aim to create an environment for real time learning and provide students with valuable on the job skills. MICROMINE’s Academic Licencing Scheme (ALS) has been introduced in…

October 25, 2016

Man drinks sodium cyanide

DO NOT DO THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

October 18, 2016

Micromine allows students to use and experience valuable on the job skills through its easy-to-use features

MICROMINE’s Academic Licensing Scheme (ALS) continues to assist students with industry based learning and on the job skills by partnering with the University of South Dakota School of Mines and…

October 17, 2016

Exposure to chemicals released during fracking may harm fertility — study

More than 15 million Americans live within a one-mile radius of unconventional oil and gas (UOG) operations.

October 17, 2016

UBC and Kal Tire Announce Research Partnership

Kal Tire’s Mining Tire Group and the University of British Columbia have formed a research partnership that will allow the two organizations to collaborate in developing technology and innovative solutions…

October 17, 2016

The mining community now has its own social media site — PeopleMine

PeopleMine seeks to connect individuals who work, or aim to do so, in the resources sector.

October 14, 2016

NGOs want Venezuela to halt mining concessions, claim violations of Indigenous rights

Advocacy groups are taking issue at the Mining Arch of the Orinoco River National Development Strategic Zone.

October 13, 2016

Canadian scientists identify bacteria linked to acid produced at mining sites

Researchers at the Canadian University of British Columbia (UBC) have isolated organisms that cause acid-rock drainage in mining operations.