Mining Beat

The RobecoSAM sustainability awards are based on economic, environmental and social dimensions. Canada was named in several categories under Mining and Metals.

Haver & Tyler Rocky Mountains (HTRM), has opened a new sales and service center in Chilliwack, British Columbia.

Sonic Drilling Ltd. patented technology in part credited to discovery of fully intact, 80 million year old fossil.

Kineepik Métis Local #9 and the Village of Pinehouse signed a Collaboration Agreement with uranium companies Cameco Corporation and AREVA Resources Canada.

A team of scientists at by Northwestern University have discovered an inexpensive and environmentally safe way to isolate gold from raw materials.

Google Glass, a tiny computing device that displays information on a screen in front of the wearer's eye, could be a valuable tool for mining training.

K+S Potash Canada provides major funding to SIAST's mining program.

Veris Gold Corp. fills two key positions

Huakan International Mining appoints an independent director of the company

Kootenay Silver announces a strategic investment by Agnico Eagle Mines.

This historic agreement will provide the Northwest Territories with greater decision-making powers over resource and lands management.

Yukon Gold, a reality series about gold mining in Canada, will hit television sets on March 13, 2013.

The Kitsault mine project has been handed to the environment and mines ministers for re-evalutation.

Taseko is once again trying to seek approval from the Environmental Assessment Agency panel for its New Prosperity mine.

Harry Winston, a Toronto-based mining and retail company, has purchased BHP Billiton's diamond business.

Five B.C. mines recognized for their reclamation achievements

Diamond drilling has begun on Eagle Plains’ Findlay property in the East Kootenay region of British Columbia

New commercial geochemistry lab opens in Cochrane, Ontario