June 19, 2022

Codelco unions ready strike after troubled Chile smelter shuttered

Unions had threatened to strike for the past week if the Codelco board did not invest to upgrade the Ventanas smelter.

June 17, 2022

Mining People: NovaGold, OceanaGold, Silverton Metals, Stratabound Minerals

Key moves in the mining sector.

June 16, 2022

Symboticware acquires Palifer AI, enables predictive maintainance and ESG

Palifer is a Silicon Valley-based technology startup backed by accelerator Y-Combinator, which has been used to launch iconic brands like Airbnb, DoorDash, Coinbase, Instacart and Dropbox.

June 16, 2022

PDAC 2022: As ESG drives metal demand and constrains supply, miners will have to innovate  

Teck’s vice-president of sustainable development gave examples of how the company is attempting to solve operational issues through innovation — including using ideas from Star Trek.

June 15, 2022

Metso Outotec invests $2.3 million to level unexplained gender-related pay gaps

Pay increases were made to some 500 employees in around 20 countries.

June 15, 2022

Musselwhite team wins Ontario Mine Rescue contest

From June 7 to 9, Ontario Mine Rescue hosted the provincial competition at Vale’s Creighton mine in Sudbury.

June 14, 2022

Workers at Codelco threaten strike over lack of investment at smelter

Codelco last week said it stopped its Ventanas smelter and refinery to carry out maintenance after authorities declared an environmental emergency.

June 13, 2022

Deal-hungry miners return to Toronto with EV metals in focus

As the mining industry gathers in Toronto this week for one of its biggest annual events, the focus will be on two groups of metals.

June 13, 2022

Sibanye to restart South Africa gold operations after signing wage deal

Company said the wage deal would be effective from July 1 and the restart would be phased over three months.

June 10, 2022

Mining People: Discovery Silver, NioCorp, Northern Graphite, Snow Lake Resources

Key moves in the mining sector.