Mining Trends & Developments

At a nickel-copper mine in northern Ontario, personnel in Lesley Warren’s group collect winter samples for geochemical and microbiological analyses from a tailings pond. Credit: Lassonde Mining Institute.

Environment, News December 30, 2016

Could microbes hold the key to more environmentally friendly mines?

Bioremediation became a buzzword for the Canadian mining industry in the 1970s and ’80s. Today, researchers at the University of Toronto’s Lassonde Institute of Mining…

Barrick Gold’s Cortez gold mine in Nevada will be the pilot site for its digital partnership with Cisco. Credit: Barrick Gold.

Environment, Financial Matters, M&A, News December 29, 2016

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…

Artisan Vehicle Systems model 153, a battery-powered, 1.5-yard, 3-tonne load-haul-dump underground mining vehicle. Credit: Artisan Vehicle Systems.

Environment, News December 28, 2016

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….

Sandvik Mining’s battery-powered DD422iE underground jumbo, which Goldcorp will use at its Borden Lake mine. Credit: Sandvik Mining.

Environment, News December 27, 2016

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…