April 30, 2013

PDAC’s annual Student-Industry Mineral Exploration Workshop (S-IMEW)

From May 4 to 17, the seventh annual PDAC Student-Industry Mineral Exploration Workshop (S-IMEW) will take place in Sudbury. The workshop offers […]

April 30, 2013

Construction on TAFE’s Mining and Engineering Centre has started

As reported on adelaidenow.com.au, construction of the new Mining and Engineering Centre for TAFE SA at Regency Park has started. The project […]

April 25, 2013

New Research Institute on Mines and Environment (RIME) in Québec

Canada Newswire reports that a new research program will be launched by the Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue (UQAT) and Polytechnique Montréal. […]

April 23, 2013

Government of Fiji will offer Mining Courses

As reported on Fiji Broadcasting Corporation, the Fiji Higher Education Commission (FHEC) will be offering mining courses to meet the higher demand […]

April 21, 2013

Canada opens applications for mining professionals

Federal government re-starts skilled-worker program on May 4.

April 16, 2013

Interactive Video Games as Safety Training Tool

As reported on Futurity.org, scientists at the University of Arizona are developing an interactive computer game to train miners in handling dangerous […]

April 11, 2013

Australian Miners Invest in Training Australians for their Industry

Roxy Downs Sun reports that a study, conducted by the National Centre for Vocational Education Reasearch (NCVER), shows that  Australian miners invested […]

April 5, 2013

Mining4Life Raised $2.7M with Texas Hold’em Poker Evening at PDAC

As reported on forbes.com, a poker evening at PDAC in March in Toronto raised $2.7M for Mining4Life. The money goes to the […]

April 5, 2013

Study on the Risk of Drillings near Dams

As herald-dispatch.com reports, the University of West Virginia will conduct a study about the risk of drilling and mining near dams and […]

April 2, 2013

Agreement between Northern College and Queen’s University in Kingston

Northern Ontario Business reports that the Northern College and the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science at the Queen’s University in Kingston […]