Tag: Sustainability
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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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Sandvik Introduces Industry’s First ‘Opt-Out’ Carbide Recycling
Sandvik is introducing an industry-first ‘opt-out’ recycling program for customers of carbide drill bits. The initiative aims to transform the use of a material expected to run out within 40 to 100 years if consumption rates continue unabated. This week’s Blog examines this new program and what it means for sustainability and mining.
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Teck Launches Why We Mine: A Podcast About Sustainable Mining
Teck has produced a six-episode podcast called ‘Why We Mine: A Podcast About Sustainable Mining’ to help people make the connection between the world we have today, the future we want for tomorrow, and how mining is helping us get there. This week’s Blog previews what listners can expect.
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First Phosphate Advances its Lac à l’Orignal Property as a Unique Source for the Lithium Iron Phosphate (LFP) Battery Industry
This week’s Blog takes a look at the only company in North America fully dedicated to extracting and refining advanced phosphate material for the lithium iron phosphate battery industry, First Phosphate Corp., a company well positioned for success as demand for electrical vehicles grows aggressively worldwide.
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Preparing for the Future of Mining Starts Today
OEMs like Caterpillar have announced partnerships across the globe to develop large battery-powered mining trucks that facilitate the trajectory of low-emissions mining and help companies reach their aspirational net-zero goals. But since future state equipment is not yet available, how can companies make changes today? This week’s Blog looks at a recent partnership between Finning…
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Copper Shortages and Sustainability Goals: is Ore Sorting the Solution?
An ongoing transition to green energy is anticipated to significantly increase the demand for copper because of its many uses in expanding electricity networks and cleaner technologies, such as electric vehicles. This week’s Blog takes a closer look at approaches to ore sorting, a pre-concentration process that has long-term potential for efficiently processing lower grade…
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A Cleaner Option for Extracting Precious Metals from Recycled Catalytic Converters
Used to make jewellery and investment assets, as well as electronics and dental work, Platinum and Palladium are some of the rarest precious metals on earth, but also have some of the highest utility. This week’s Blog from Mineworx Technology takes a look into the versatility of these critical minerals, their use in catalytic converters,…