Category: Mining Sustainability
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Science North and CIM Launch a New Digital Mining Game
It’s all fun and games until someone loses a mine. This week’s Blog from The Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum takes us inside a recent collaboration with Science North to learn about a new game that allows Canadian youth can explore the world of modern mining without ever having to leave the couch.
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Energy Efficiency Underpins Pump Sector Shift to System Focus
As players in the highly competitive global pump sector are moving from a product- to a system-focus to differentiate themselves from their peers, the most successful efforts are likely to be those that impact directly on customer’s cost imperatives and their ESG priorities. This week’s Blog from RMI Pressure Systems discusses how companies best meet…
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Top Three Environmental Challenges Compromising Sustainable Mining Operations
Known around the globe for its rich natural resources and extensive mining activities, Canada is celebrated as a leader in sustainable mining. Yet, severe weather events can significantly impact mining operations, posing various risks that disrupt productivity, compromise worker safety and lead to expensive delays. This week’s Blog discusses three such scenarios.
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Shaping Canada’s Mining Workforce Through Wage Subsidy Programs
Mining is a high-tech, constantly evolving industry that requires a highly skilled workforce, and we need mining to build a safer, greener, and more connected world. This week’s Blog from the Mining Industry Human Resources Council looks at some of the various wage subsidy programs that help recruit, retain, and develop the mining workforce of…
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Canada Emerging as a Preferred Jurisdiction for Green Investments by the Global Mining Industry
In response to the economic disruption triggered by the global pandemic, many governments have incorporated a pivot to the green economy in their economic stimulus and tax relief response plans. This week’s Blog from DBRS Morningstar examines some of those plans and looks at what individual mining companies are doing to go green.
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Canada & Australia: The Critical Minerals Opportunity
The transition away from fossil fuels is creating a massive forecast demand of so called ‘critical minerals,’ which – in turn – is creating challenges for the mining industry to meet that demand. With great challenges, of course, come great opportunities. This week’s Blog from Geminum discusses how Canada and Australia each have a role…
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Helping Industry Produce Premium Potash to Support the Global Agricultural Community
Saskatchewan’s first underground potash mine opened in 1962, kick-starting a long history of potash production. Now with more than 22 million tonnes of potash exported, Saskatchewan continues to be a powerhouse producer. This week’s Blog from the Saskatchewan Research Council looks at the importance of potash for not just the province of Saskatchewan, but for…