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3 weeks ago | 
magazine.cim.org | Alice Martin |Ashley Fish-Robertson
A growing demand for copper worldwide is fuelling companies like pH7 Technologies to find ways to extract copper and other critical minerals from low-grade ore, tailings and mine waste. The Vancouver-based company is currently developing a process that uses heap leaching to recover copper from sulfide ores, like chalcopyrite, whereas traditional heap leaching is usually confined to oxide ores.
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2 months ago | 
magazine.cim.org | Alice Martin |Ashley Fish-Robertson
Natural Resources Canada (NRC) announced on Nov. 28, 2024, that it will grant over $1.8 million in funding to Vancouver-headquartered Arca Climate Technologies Inc. to further develop its technology that uses microwave radiation to enhance the carbon capture capacity of minerals in ultramafic tailings. The funding was part of $12.5 million awarded to six projects in British Columbia that aim to develop clean technologies that could mitigate carbon emissions from industrial activities.
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Nov 28, 2024 | 
magazine.cim.org | Alice Martin |Ashley Fish-Robertson
The Saskatchewan Research Council (SRC), which is a provincial crown corporation, has become the first and only facility in North America to produce rare earth metals at a commercial scale. Its first batch was produced this summer at its rare earth processing facility in Saskatoon, when the SRC finalized tolling agreements with several international clients to convert individual rare earth oxides into metals using metal smelting at its facility.
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Sep 26, 2024 | 
magazine.cim.org | Alice Martin |Cecilia Keating |Kelsey Rolfe
Canada’s vast oil sands deposits are the foundation of the country’s natural resource wealth. However, the push to move away from fossil fuels to cut carbon emissions raises the urgent question of how else these deposits could generate value.
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Aug 29, 2024 | 
magazine.cim.org | Alice Martin |Ashley Fish-Robertson
Growing up in Chile, Francisca Puebla Careaga heard countless stories from her grandmother about her great-grandfather, who worked as a coal miner in the country his whole life. “I always say that I have the mines in my veins,” Puebla Careaga said, beaming.
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Jun 3, 2024 | 
magazine.cim.org | Ashley Fish-Robertson |Ailbhe Goodbody |Robert Hiltz |Alice Martin
Once a year, we put a spotlight on a selection of people making a difference in the mining industry. This year’s list includes those advocating collaboration, innovation and the creation of opportunities for the workforce. These are CIM Magazine’s Names to Know for 2024.
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Jun 3, 2024 | 
magazine.cim.org | Alice Martin |Kelsey Rolfe |Anne Millar |Mary Wells
Bécancour, Quebec, is poised to become a hub for the clean energy transition with multiple battery active materials facilities and refining projects for electric vehicle (EV) batteries under construction. The town’s EV battery development required significant investments, and this is where Sabrina Bouchard comes into play.
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Apr 25, 2024 | 
thetab.com | Alice Martin
Dr Rosemary Coogan is now eligible for space flight after graduating from the European Space Agency2 hours ago A Durham University alumna is on track to become the UK’s third astronaut after graduating from space training. Doctor Rosemary Coogan, originally from Belfast in Northern Ireland, has two masters degrees in physics from Durham University from which she graduated in 2013. Coogan also achieved an astronomy doctorate from the University of Sussex.
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Feb 26, 2024 | 
thetab.com | Alice Martin
From free drinks to fancy outfits, it does indeed live up to the hype36 mins ago There is no doubt that Durham University Charity Fashion Show is one of, if not the most hotly anticipated night in the Durham social calendar. With tickets ranging in price from £23 for individual seats to £84 per person for some of the floor tables, the show just keeps getting bigger and, hopefully, better. This year there were four show nights spanning from Wednesday 14th to Saturday 17th February.
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Feb 8, 2024 | 
magazine.cim.org | Alice Martin |Kelsey Rolfe |Anne Millar |Mary Wells
Sekai Musoki, principal of construction for digital systems at BHP’s Jansen project, knew she would have to smash the glass ceiling throughout her career. Today, she uses her own experience to help other women break through barriers in engineering.
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