Barrick taps Cisco for digital reinvention
When it introduced its Mine of the Future program in 2008, Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO) introduced automated machinery, remote operations centres and data analytics into an industry that has a…
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Site visit: McEwen sees production at Gold Bar in 2018
ELKO, NEVADA — The only thing that McEwen Mining’s (TSX: MUX; NYSE: MUX) Simon Quick, vice-president of projects, thinks could delay construction at the company’s Gold Bar project, 53 km…
Greenstone buys majority of Coro Mining’s latest financing
A private equity firm specializing in the mining and metals sector run by former executives of Xstrata and J.P. Morgan has bought most of the shares that Chile-focused Coro Mining…
Electric vehicles graduate from ‘science project’ status
Since 2011, Artisan Vehicle Systems has provided battery-powered vehicles for the mining sector by retrofitting diesel-powered equipment made by other manufacturers, such as Atlas Copco. The California-based company makes electric…
Green future for Goldcorp at Borden Lake
VANCOUVER — International miner Goldcorp (TSX: G; NYSE: GG) has partnered with technology firm Sandvik Mining and Rock Technology to make its Borden Lake gold project near Chapleau, Ont., the…
AME names 2016 award winners
The Association for Mineral Exploration (AME) has announced the recipients of its annual awards. The winners will be honoured at the AME Awards Celebration of Excellence Gala on Jan. 25,…
Editorial: Top stories of 2016
For miners 2016 amounted to the fifth year of the industry downturn, albeit with a renewed sense of better days ahead with rallies for gold, silver, copper, zinc, iron ore…
EnGold explores for high-grade gold at Lac La Hache
VANCOUVER — Recent drill results from EnGold Mines’ Aurizon South gold-copper-silver zone, 14 km from the town of Lac La Hache in central B.C., is casting a renewed light on…
Brixton Metals acquires third past producer near Cobalt
Since Brixton Metals (TSXV: BBB) started looking a year ago at the historic silver-cobalt camp near the northern Ontario town of Cobalt, the junior has picked up three past-producing underground…
Guyana Goldfields restructures debt to boost financial flexibility
Guyana Goldfields (TSX: GUY) lightened its debt load just before the new year. Guyana Goldfields, which operates the Aurora gold mine in Guyana, has refinanced its US$160-million debt facility dated Sep….
Rob McEwen’s predictions for 2017
Rob McEwen, chairman and chief owner of McEwen Mining (TSX: MUX; NYSE: MUX), looks back on the year that was, and ahead to what 2017 may hold in store for…
Letter to the editor: Discovering mineralization vs a deposit at Schaft Creek
In response to the Dunns’ letter on Schaft Creek, it is unfortunate that the Dunns apparently have not had the opportunity to read the 32-page chapter on Schaft Creek in…