In early February, a team of 44 Rio Tinto employees set out to brave the intense winter cold of Quebec’s Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region for a three-day trek across the frozen Lac Saint-Jean, in order to raise funds for the On the Tip of the Toes Foundation. This week’s Blog takes a look back at their journey, the challenged they faced, and how it all was able to benefit young people living with cancer.
As the industry shifts into a new stage of growth, miners must take an ever-expanding range of issues into account when setting corporate strategy. This week’s Blog takes a look at Deloitte’s 11th annual mining report, Tracking the Trends, and examines some of the report’s key findings in hopes of better navigating the Fourth Industrial Revolution.
Mining Matters helps to educate young people in developing a greater knowledge and awareness of Earth sciences, the minerals industry, and the role it plays within society. This week’s Blog takes a look at this charitable organization and the valuable work it has performed over the last 25 years.
In today’s information age, it has become increasingly difficult for many advertisers to have their voices heard over the incessant clamour of the Internet. Yes, there have been many news stories about the supposed “death of print,” but the truth of the matter is that this much touted death has been greatly exaggerated; especially in the case of association or trade magazines. This week’s Blog takes a look at Matrix Group Publishing Inc. and how they can help you reach the audience you seek and get the most value out of your advertising dollars.
The world is going through a renewed industrial revolution characterized by a growing need to power modern society with clean, low-carbon energy sources. As with the first industrial revolution, minerals and metals will play a critical role is supporting change, especially those that are essential to clean energy technologies.
This week’s Blog takes a look at what minerals and metals will be most needed and how Canada is positioned to take advantage of industry’s evolution, as well as reminding us about the upcoming Mineral Exploration Roundup conference in Vancouver.
Canadian mining is seeing a real drive to innovate that is strengthening our ability to get materials to global markets as efficiently and cost-effectively as possible. And it’s changing what it means to work in mining. This week’s Blog takes a look at how Goldcorp aims to ambitiously increase production by 20 per cent at Borden by 2021 and, with help from Natural Resources Canada’s Clean Growth Program, is evolving the mine into the first all-electric underground gold mine in the country, which will be safer for its employees and have a smaller environmental footprint.
Too often, the adoption of new tools that could potentially help the bottom lines of the metals and mining industry lags behind the speed at which it is evolving. This week’s Blog takes a broad look at the industry and asks if it’s currently equipped to handle the pressure of inevitable change while also circumventing emerging risks and providing a high degree of accountability for stakeholders.
Too often when Canadian miners think of ‘tougher’ as it relates to their work boots, it just means heavier, less flexibility, and more uncomfortable. This week’s Blog takes a look at STC Footwear and its efforts in making it easier and more comfortable to work on your feet without the sacrifice of protection or boot durability.
Before the 380 metre Superstack was built at the Copper Cliff Smelter Complex in Sudbury almost 40 years ago, the air was often thick with sour smelting emissions. Now with the iconic Superstack set for decommissioning and deconstruction in 2020, Vale has taken the next step in improving air quality around the smelter. This week’s Blog takes a look at the accomplishments of Vale Sudbury’s Clean AER Project and the work that it has done in reducing harmful emissions and greenhouse gases in the region.
New technologies, such as augmented or mixed reality, are opening doors – both virtual and real – for the Canadian mining industry in regard to project engagement and community involvement. This week’s Blog takes a look at BGC Engineering’s Ada mixed reality software platform and how it is helping the residents of Yellowknife get up close and personal with the work being done underground at the Giant Mine.