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Mitacs taps UBC mining professor Bern Klein for exceptional leadership award

Dr. Bern Klein teaches at the Norman B. Keevil Institute of Mining Engineering at the University of British Columbia.

Staff Writer | December 7, 2023 | 9:38 am

Barrick named Tanzania’s employer of the year

North Mara mine has been named employer of the year…

Staff Writer | December 5, 2023 | 3:44 pm

Rio Tinto donates C$400,000 to domestic violence prevention in Canada

Funds to be distributed among 15 organisations that provide essential…

Staff Writer | December 1, 2023 | 4:33 pm

Scientists use copper to reduce cost of cancer treatment

UCLA researchers devised an inexpensive way to produce a molecule…

Staff Writer | December 1, 2023 | 5:54 am

Women in Mining spotlight: Jamie Wallisch

Regulatory & sustainability expert at Assent reports on conditions at…

Amanda Stutt | November 30, 2023 | 11:10 am

Women in Mining Spotlight: Freda Campbell

Campbell was awarded the 2023 Indigenous Trailblazer Award by Women in Mining Canada.

Amanda Stutt | June 16, 2023 | 10:38 am

BHP names recipients of grants program to grow Australian blue carbon market

A recipient is one of the world’s largest seagrass restoration projects, targeting a portion of the estimated 100,000 hectares of damaged sea grass meadows in Shark Bay.

Staff Writer | June 15, 2023 | 3:43 pm

Extraterrestrial salt provides clues as to how earth got its water

A 'salty' discovery strongly suggests that a large population of asteroids hurtling through the solar system may not be as dry as previously thought.

Staff Writer | June 15, 2023 | 6:06 am

Melting nanoparticles challenge traditional gold transport models

Research led by scientists at the University of Barcelona reopened the scientific debate on the validity of traditional models related to the transport of gold in nature.

Staff Writer | June 14, 2023 | 6:06 am

Barrick paves way for reintroducing the white rhino to national park in DRC

Barrick has introduced 15 white rhinos into Garamba National Park in the northeast of the DRC.

Staff Writer | June 12, 2023 | 10:23 am

New evidence solidifies Oman’s role as major copper provider during Bronze Age

Since copper ingots were usually further processed to make tools and other objects, they are only rarely unearthed in archaeological excavations.

Staff Writer | June 11, 2023 | 6:26 am

Teck donates $7.5 million to Chilean Nature Fund

Funding will help the community of Juan Fernández design and implement protection and conservation measures in the archipelago.

Staff Writer | June 9, 2023 | 2:07 pm

Mining’s changing ESG landscape

Dean Slocum and Chris Anderson of Acorn International on artisanal miners, China in Africa, the NGO-industrial complex, Juukan Gorge and mining’s changing guard.

Frik Els | June 9, 2023 | 1:25 pm

Scientists use 3D printing to create new titanium alloy

A team of researchers from Australia and Hong Kong has created a new class of strong titanium alloys by integrating alloy and 3D printing process designs.

Staff Writer | June 7, 2023 | 6:06 am

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