A decision made just over a year ago to move to a joint venture strategy in order to leverage growth has launched Star Minerals Group Ltd., a Saskatoon-based diversified exploration company, into a leadership position in the rare metals exploration industry, according...
Features
Setting the Standard – How National Occupational Standards are changing the HR landscape in Canada’s mining industry
As mining employers and contractors look toward skills and training to grow the potential pool of available talent in many key occupations, National Occupational Standards (NOS) are at the forefront of the discussion – both in Canada and internationally. NOS provide a...
Safety Excellence – Mining is one of the safest industries in Manitoba thanks to a leading association.
Over the past 50 years the Manitoba mining industry has achieved excellence in safety performance because of the dedication of its workforce. Mining is now one of the safest industries in our province. The Mines Accident Prevention Association of Manitoba (MAPAM) was...
Sky’s the Limit
Skyharbour Resources is a uranium exploration company actively advancing projects totaling over 390,000 hectares in the prolific Athabasca Basin of Saskatchewan. Most of the properties are strategically located near Fission Uranium’s (TSX-V: FCU) Patterson Lake South...
What Lies Beneath – Exploring deeper with surface geochemistry
Many mineral deposits that lie near the earth’s surface are either being mined or are depleted. To look deeper, the challenge for mineral explorers is to develop new exploration techniques to image mineral deposits at depths beyond the capability of our current...
Finding the Future
Shallow depth, high-grade, award-winning, and growing fast, Fission Uranium’s Patterson Lake South uranium project is garnering international attention. Fission Uranium’s 100 per cent-owned Patterson Lake South (PLS) uranium project is located on the southwest edge of...
The Sands of Change – Resource development remains a major “plus” for Saskatchewan’s economic future.
To declare that economic activity in Saskatchewan has advanced significantly in recent years would be an apparent understatement. Real estate values have soared and unemployment levels are among the lowest in Canada. While agriculture certainly is entitled to accept...
The Little Town that Could – The 55th Parallel boasts 19 producing mines over the last 100 years.
At the heart of northern Manitoba rests the town of Snow Lake, a quaint, unassuming community of 800 known for its friendly folk, breathtaking scenery, and pristine lakes. Its claim to fame, however, is as one of the region’s most prolific mining powerhouses, with 19...
How battery-powered scoops are blazing a path towards green mining
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oeW_mWgC70 Mining companies are forced to go deeper underground and extract more challenging ore bodies, but the deeper they go, the more energy and cost are required, including significant costs for ventilation to remove diesel...
Designing Superior Weighing Systems to Improve Safety and Control Costs
What design engineers need to know about measuring weight or force with load cells, load pins and tension links In industries from mining and manufacturing to construction, transportation, and agriculture, the need to weigh or measure inputs, outputs, and applied...
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