Torex Gold pilots new underground mining system
Torex Gold Resources (TSX: TXG) is trialling a new underground mining system at its wholly-owned Morelos Gold property in Mexico’s Guerrero state, 180 km southwest of Mexico City. The property…
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Disruptive drill technology offers potential for miners
A new means of exploiting previously overlooked zones of gold mineralization may prove to be the type of disruptive technology needed once the global COVID-19 pandemic is over. Called sustainable…
Alberta lithium startups aim to ease transition to clean energy economy
Not so long ago, in situ oilsands production was little more than a dream in the eye of Alberta’s petroleum producers. Years of government and industry-funded research cracked that nut…
DynaCERT says new technology can lower diesel emissions
DynaCERT (TSX: DYA), a Toronto-based company, has developed a technology called HydraGEN that could significantly reduce emissions by improving the performance and fuel efficiency of diesel engines used in mining…
AI, machine learning to deliver ‘wave of discoveries’
The past 20 years have seen remarkable advances in the mining industry, particularly in mineral exploration technologies with vast volumes of data generated from geologic, geophysical, geochemical, satellite and other…
LlamaZoo VR technology trims mine costs, carbon footprint
Before it started creating 3-D visualizations of mine sites, Victoria-based LlamaZoo Interactive was helping veterinarian students virtually dissect dogs. Using technologies such as virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality, video…
Metals Commentary: 5G technology should boost demand for gallium, cobalt
During the World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC) in Egypt in November, thousands of delegates from more than 100 countries adopted a treaty that moves the world closer to fifth-generation (5G) technology,…