The Faces Behind the Wheel They may look like easy-to-drive toy trucks when at the bottom of the mine, but the reality is quite the opposite. Mining […] Cecilia Jamasmie | November 1, 2009 | 9:56 am
Tantalum: A Bloody Future? First there were “blood diamonds,” the gems that fuelled conflict and human rights abuses in Liberia and Sierra Leone. Then there was […] Cecilia Jamasmie | September 1, 2009 | 3:44 pm
Potash Rush Fires Up That a fertilizer may become the next gold may seem hard to believe. However, when Canadian company Potash Corp, a fertilizer producer […] Cecilia Jamasmie | September 1, 2009 | 3:39 pm
Nunavut: The Epicentre of a New Diamond Exploration Boom in Canada Finding diamonds in Canada was, for many years, little more than a prospector’s hope. But with the discovery of diamonds in Nunavut […] Cecilia Jamasmie | July 1, 2009 | 2:09 pm
Chile, Codelco and the Copper Slump I n early January 2009, Chilean President Michelle Bachelet announced a $4 billion plan to help Chile fight the global economic crisis […] Cecilia Jamasmie | January 1, 2009 | 3:44 pm
Victor Mine In 1987, second-year Lakehead University geology student Brad Wood made the type of discovery that all prospectors dream about. He had been […] Cecilia Jamasmie | January 1, 2009 | 3:25 pm
Mining in Five Dimensions If you think that mining is a 3D problem, think again. Mining Innovation, Rehabilitation and Applied Research (MIRARCO) vice-president, Andrew Dasys, says […] Cecilia Jamasmie | January 1, 2009 | 3:07 pm
The Next Thirty Years of Advanced Mining Engineering The mining industry is finally adopting technologies and solutions at the necessary speed to improve the efficiencies and mining practices in the […] Cecilia Jamasmie | July 29, 2008 | 1:45 pm
From Mining Resource to Mining Networks: The New Challenges for Women in Mining Colleen Roche, a 30-year-old with a graduate degree in mining, entered the profession since she likes hands-on-work and getting out into the […] Cecilia Jamasmie | February 28, 2008 | 2:43 pm
