Silvia Pikal

1 week ago | magazine.cim.org | Silvia Pikal |Ashley Fish-Robertson

In the final morning keynote and panel discussion at the 2025 CIM CONNECT Convention and Expo on May 7, Ammar Al-Joundi, president and CEO of Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd., presented on financial strategies for a dynamic industry. He opened the keynote by stating that financing is a core necessity in the mining industry, but one that does not receive enough attention and consideration. “We focus so much, and rightfully so, on operational, technical, social aspects of our business,” he said.

1 week ago | magazine.cim.org | Silvia Pikal |Ashley Fish-Robertson

Rohitesh Dhawan, ICMM president and chief executive officer (CEO), delivered a keynote that opened the May 5 plenary panel discussion at the 2025 CIM CONNECT Convention and Expo, which began by sharing examples from mine sites around the world that illustrate ethical leadership in the use of technology.

1 month ago | magazine.cim.org | Silvia Pikal |Ashley Fish-Robertson

Jonathan Wilkinson, Canada’s minister of energy and natural resources, announced on Feb. 6 at a press conference at McGill University in Montreal that the federal government would invest up to $43.5 million in conditionally approved funding for critical minerals infrastructure and research in Quebec. He also announced the establishment of a collaboration table between the federal government and the province that would support the development of critical minerals projects.

Feb 13, 2025 | magazine.cim.org | Silvia Pikal |Alexandra Lopez-Pacheco |Eavan Moore

Miners increasingly have to do more with less, due to lower ore grades, more complex deposits and the pressures of cutting down on energy and water use. Sign Up Already signed up? Log In This is NOT A PAYWALL To access CIM Magazine, please create a free account (Note that by creating an account you are not signing up for a CIM membership.) If you are a CIM member or have already signed up, click here to log in Failed To Register.

Jan 13, 2025 | magazine.cim.org | Silvia Pikal |Kelsey Rolfe |Anne Millar |Mary Wells

In April 2019, Michel Larivière, a clinical psychologist and a full professor at Laurentian University in Sudbury, presented the findings of a three-year study funded by Vale Canada called Mining Mental Health during the Mining Health and Safety Conference in Sudbury. The study surveyed 2,224 people working at Vale’s Ontario operations (Sudbury and Port Colborne)—which represented 56 per cent of Vale Canada’s workforce at that time—about their mental well-being.