March 3, 2022 SNC-Lavalin wins contract for development of Canadian Nuclear Laboratories research facility Under the contract valued at approximately C$13 million, SNC-Lavalin will design the structures and foundations for 12 shielded hot cells at the cutting-edge laboratory research complex in Chalk River, Ontario.
March 3, 2022 Nomads may have taken over Egypt’s emerald mines before the fall of the Roman Empire Roman Empire emerald mines may have fallen into the hands of nomads as early as the 4th century, new research has found.
March 1, 2022 EXPLAINER – The importance of Russian titanium to global industry The potential for disruptions to Russian commodity supplies has thrown a spotlight on the metal used in the aerospace, marine and auto industries.
February 28, 2022 Exyn Technologies partners with Maestro to improve worker safety in mining ExynAero, a fully autonomous drone for exploring and mapping GPS-denied environments, can be flown down drifts or into stopes to detect and localize any hazardous gasses.
February 28, 2022 Sandvik pauses Russian operations Russia accounted for 3.5% of Sandvik's sales in 2021.
February 25, 2022 Building momentum for innovative engineering solutions The real challenge is to build continuous improvement into a company’s workstream.
February 25, 2022 Tiny robots made in Mexico to explore moon in scientific first The Colmena mission, which means "beehive" in Spanish, will gather lunar minerals that could be useful in future space mining.
February 23, 2022 Scientists explore development of indestructible batteries Researchers are using a first-of-its-kind analytical approach to building better batteries that could help make them indestructible.
February 22, 2022 Vale seeks more time to remove upstream tailing dams The Brazilian miner told regulatory bodies it was "technically impossible" for it to meet Minas Gerais' current Feb. 25 deadline.
February 20, 2022 New project to investigate if California’s Lithium Valley is world’s largest brine source of lithium A $1.2 million project has been launched to both quantify and characterize the lithium resource in the Salton Sea geothermal field in California.
Silver Crown Royalties soars to new high on Gentile investment Michael Gentile, as co-founder of Montreal-based hedge fund Bastion Asset Management, is the largest shareholder in over 25 junior miners. January 13, 2026 | 10:54 am