March 22, 2024

Prevention is the solution to the mining industry’s most common injuries and ailments

Each worksite presents its own unique challenges and requirements, but injuries and ailments occur across the 12,563 active mines in the United States.

March 20, 2024

Gold nanoclusters help remove toxic chemicals from wastewater

A scientific team at Flinders University has discovered a novel way to degrade and potentially remove toxic organic chemicals, including azo dyes, from wastewater.

March 19, 2024

Nutrien donates $11m to Saskatchewan School of Mining

Saskatchewan Polytechnic has received the largest gift from a corporate donor in its history toward its Time to Rise campaign supporting the construction of the new Saskatoon campus.

March 18, 2024

Barrick opens training academy at Buzwagi mine in Tanzania

The Barrick Academy will be training more than 2,000 foremen, supervisors and superintendents from the Africa and Middle East region in the next 24 months.

March 14, 2024

British Columbia launches Energy & Mines Digital Trust for international ESG reporting compliance 

Major mining operators in BC can now receive their Mines Act Permit as a digital credential, to prove their required operational permit status to investors, customers and regulators.

March 14, 2024

Queen’s University, UBC, unveil C$2 million Don Lindsay Teck Award in mining engineering

The endowments will generate annual renewable scholarships at each university, providing financial support for students pursuing mining studies.

March 13, 2024

UK university training centre aims to fuse AI into metals industry

New £18 million Centre for Doctoral Training in Digital Transformation of Metals Industry has been funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council.

March 13, 2024

Coal mine’s 60-year-old fire an example of how long-term disturbances affect soil richness

Researchers at Michigan State University analyzed soil microbes near a mine fire that has been burning for more than 60 years.

March 12, 2024

Precious metals may be replaced by iron, manganese, cobalt in “green” catalysts

New methods for the synthesis of drug precursors use catalysts made of iron, manganese and cobalt.

March 10, 2024

How to perform land restorations in the High Arctic

The High Arctic area that hosted the Svea coal mines for 100 years has been restored so that natural and geological processes can be re-established.