Cecilia Jamasmie , Editor-in-Chief

The Strong Hand Theory

I’ll start off with an analogy. Let’s say you just bought a business, a small restaurant. You open for business on Monday […]

Cecilia Jamasmie | April 19, 2010 | 8:51 am

The Mine of the Future Might be a Thing of the Past

Automated operations are winning over today’s mining industry. Whether it is autonomous trucks, tele-operated drills and blasts or automated logistics applications, mines […]

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 1, 2010 | 11:45 am

Mining the Moon is Closer than Ever

For some it might sound like a futuristic tale, but for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Agency (NASA), the goal of […]

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 1, 2010 | 10:34 am

The Faces Behind the Wheel

They may look like easy-to-drive toy trucks when at the bottom of the mine, but the reality is quite the opposite. Mining […]

Cecilia Jamasmie | November 1, 2009 | 9:56 am

Tantalum: A Bloody Future?

First there were “blood diamonds,” the gems that fuelled conflict and human rights abuses in Liberia and Sierra Leone. Then there was […]

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 1, 2009 | 3:44 pm

Potash Rush Fires Up

That a fertilizer may become the next gold may seem hard to believe. However, when Canadian company Potash Corp, a fertilizer producer […]

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 1, 2009 | 3:39 pm

Nunavut: The Epicentre of a New Diamond Exploration Boom in Canada

Finding diamonds in Canada was, for many years, little more than a prospector’s hope. But with the discovery of diamonds in Nunavut […]

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 1, 2009 | 2:09 pm

Chile, Codelco and the Copper Slump

I n early January 2009, Chilean President Michelle Bachelet announced a $4 billion plan to help Chile fight the global economic crisis […]

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 1, 2009 | 3:44 pm

Victor Mine

In 1987, second-year Lakehead University geology student Brad Wood made the type of discovery that all prospectors dream about. He had been […]

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 1, 2009 | 3:25 pm

Mining in Five Dimensions

If you think that mining is a 3D problem, think again. Mining Innovation,  Rehabilitation and Applied Research  (MIRARCO) vice-president, Andrew  Dasys, says […]

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 1, 2009 | 3:07 pm

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