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Adrok's scanning equipment mapping Kaolinization zones in the U.K.  Credit: Adrok

Is mining innovation an oxymoron?

Newspapers are replete with articles denouncing the dearth of innovation in the mining sector. While we may argue about the causes – the sector’s capital intensive nature, the people who work in mining, etc. — most people will…


Open innovation takes root

Mining companies and organizations are increasingly going outside of the industry and using open innovation platforms to find solutions to their challenges.




Potash Corp.'s Rocanville potash facility in Rocanville, Sask. Source: Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan

PotashCorp cuts supply to match demand

Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan (TSX: POT; NYSE: POT) is lowering its potash production levels in response to weaker demand and fertilizer prices for the second half of 2015.





UEX casts new light on Christie Lake uranium property

When Japanese-owned JCU Exploration sought a partner for its Christie Lake property, 9 km along strike of Cameco’s (TSX: CCO; NYSE: CCJ) McArthur River — the world’s largest uranium mine in Saskatchewan’s Athabasca basin…


Skeena Resources chairman Ron Netolitzky at the Spectrum gold project - next to the GJ gold property - in northwestern British Columbia. Source: Skeena Resources

Netolitzky’s Skeena seeks high grade at GJ

VANCOUVER — It’s taken NGEx Resources (TSX: NGQ; US-OTC: NGQRF) over three decades to bid farewell to its GJ porphyry copper-gold property, 60 km south of Dease Lake, B.C., but now the Chilean-focused explorer, along with majority…


A panel discussion during the Energy and Mines conference in Toronto in late October, from left: Stephen Letwin, Iamgold's president and CEO; Paul West-Sells, Western Copper and Gold's president and COO; and Valerie Helbronner, partner with Torys LLP. Source: Energy and Mines

Miners weigh in on green energy

Technologies in renewable energy sources such as wind, solar, hydroelectricity and bioenergy are improving, making them cheaper and attractive. However, lower commodity prices and tighter margins are among the barriers miners face when adopting…



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