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2 months ago | 
magazine.cim.org | Tijana Mitrovic |Alexandra Lopez-Pacheco |Eavan Moore
When it comes to increasing the adoption of electrification technology in mines, improvements still need to be made to charge battery electric vehicles (BEVs) quickly and to maintain and improve productivity, Matthew Cate, regional marketing and communications manager of North America at ABB, told CIM Magazine in an interview.
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Nov 14, 2024 | 
magazine.cim.org | Tijana Mitrovic |Kelsey Rolfe |Anne Millar |Mary Wells
Responding to emergencies when friends, family and coworkers are involved can have a significant impact on mental health, said Katie Breeze, senior manager of safety and health at Nutrien, who has seen the toll it takes on her colleagues.
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Jun 17, 2024 | 
magazine.cim.org | Tijana Mitrovic |Kelsey Rolfe |Anne Millar |Mary Wells
Cameco has been operating in northern Saskatchewan since 1988 and regularly works with Indigenous communities around its mining operations. On its website, it describes the important role Indigenous Elders play in their communities as “people gifted with great wisdom, the storytellers and advocates for the natural environment and preservers of [Indigenous] cultures.”
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Jun 3, 2024 | 
magazine.cim.org | Tijana Mitrovic |Kelsey Rolfe |Anne Millar |Mary Wells
In 2019, Kim Truter was planning to take some time off back home, but things took a turn north. “Just as COVID-19 started [and] I’d relocated back to Australia to [be] with my kids and my family, I was talked into joining two boards,” he explained.
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Jun 2, 2024 | 
magazine.cim.org | Tijana Mitrovic |Kelsey Rolfe |Anne Millar |Mary Wells
When geological engineer Jean Hutchinson entered the mining industry in the 1980s, there were few women around her. However, she thinks strides have been made over the years. “When I started, there were very few opportunities for women, especially in underground mining,” Hutchinson explained. “We’ve gone from one girl in the class of 35—which was me—to our geological engineering classes [being] pretty much 50-50 since I started at Queen’s.”
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May 30, 2024 | 
magazine.cim.org | Tijana Mitrovic |Ashley Fish-Robertson
Leaders of the Gitxaała Nation and Ehattesaht First Nation have partially settled their appeal, temporarily preventing mineral claim staking on their territory while the B.C. government revises its Mineral Tenure Act (MTA).
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Apr 18, 2024 | 
magazine.cim.org | Tijana Mitrovic |Kelsey Rolfe |Silvia Pikal
When B.C. Premier David Eby spoke at the opening keynote on Jan. 22 at the Association for Mineral Exploration (AME) Roundup conference, he made a strong statement after unveiling the first phase of the province’s new critical minerals strategy. “The world needs a stable, free, democratic, high-standard producer of the metals and minerals needed to battle climate change,” Eby told the crowd.
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Jan 8, 2024 | 
magazine.cim.org | Tijana Mitrovic |Noel Ormita |Kelsey Rolfe
Quebec-based Nouveau Monde Graphite (NMG) recently shared an update on its electrification program at its Matawinie mine, an open-pit graphite mine near the village of Saint-Michel-des-Saints, Quebec. The company has committed to fully electrifying its equipment used for mining operations, along with ore concentration and processing activities, in Matawinie’s first five years of operation, which it said would make it the world’s first all-electric open-pit mine.
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Nov 2, 2023 | 
magazine.cim.org | Tijana Mitrovic |Alexandra Lopez-Pacheco |Eavan Moore
From processing to classification, screens and screening media are critical in ensuring the correct particle size for mineral processing, but they can also lower costs and downtime and improve capacity.
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Oct 23, 2023 | 
magazine.cim.org | Tijana Mitrovic |Zachary Parsons |Mackenzie Patterson
When Barrick Gold Corporation published its 2022 Sustainability Report in April of this year, the United Nations (UN) sustainable development goals (SDGs) were front and centre. It was another recent example of mining companies turning to the SDGs to go above and beyond environmental, social and governance (ESG) frameworks and disclosures.
