Archives: Mining people

Blasting and explosives leader BME has again improved its safety performance, reaching a recordable case rate (RCR) of just 0.22 for its last financial year– well below the rate of 0.6 to 0.7 commonly achieved by the mining sector as a whole. According the Ramesh Dhoorgapersadh – Strategic Safety, Health, Environment, Risk and Quality (SHERQ)[…]

Boréalis, a leading provider of stakeholder engagement applications, announced that its platform has helped Agnico Eagle Mines (AEM) to become more successful in fulfilling its community commitments in Nunavut. In addition, AEM has expanded its use of the Boréalis platform to include more projects in Ontario. Using the Boréalis stakeholder engagement software, Agnico’s Community Relations[…]

We will be closing the nominations for the International Mining Technology Hall of Fame in August. Do you wish to nominate someone who has contributed in an outstanding way to software development, and/or efficiency, safety, productivity, etc. through that discipline? Contact [email protected] about nominations. The chosen nominees will be inducted at the International Mining Technology[…]

Rio Tinto has entered into a strategic partnership with Pilbara Aboriginal business North West Alliance (NWA) through the award of a multi-year, multi-million dollar contract to support the company’s world-class iron ore mining and port operations in the region. NWA will provide waste management services across Rio Tinto’s 16 mine sites and two ports in[…]

We will be closing the nominations for the International Mining Technology Hall of Fame in August. Do you wish to nominate someone who has contributed in an outstanding way to technology in underground mine development or efficiency, safety, productivity, etc.in that discipline? Contact [email protected] about nominations. The chosen nominees will be inducted at the International[…]

Queensland’s Safety and Mines Testing and Research Station (Simtars) and Immersive Technologies have announced the signing of an MOU between the two companies that will allow them to jointly develop training and workforce development solutions for the Queensland resource sector and international markets. Both organisations have agreed to work collaboratively from June and explore technological[…]

Cementation Canada and the Missanabie Cree First Nation community have signed a partnership agreement at the Mining Expo in Timmins, Ontario announcing Missanabie Cementation Inc. “We are excited about our latest partnership with Cementation and combined we feel the groups can bring value to future mining projects here in northern Ontario throughout the traditional territory[…]

Goldcorp and three First Nation communities including Brunswick House First Nation (BHFN), Chapleau Cree First Nation (CCFN), and Chapleau Ojibwe First Nation (COFN) are pleased to announce the signing of an Impacts and Benefits Agreement (IBA) with respect to the development and operation of the Borden Gold project near the town of Chapleau in northern[…]

We will be closing the nominations for the International Mining Technology Hall of Fame in August. Do you wish to nominate someone who has contributed in an outstanding way to technology development in surface mining or efficiency, safety, productivity, etc.in that discipline? Contact [email protected] about nominations. The chosen nominees will be inducted at the International[…]

We will be closing the nominations for the International Mining Technology Hall of Fame in August. Do you wish to nominate someone who has contributed in an outstanding way to technology development in metallurgy or efficiency, safety, productivity, etc.in that discipline? Contact [email protected] about nominations. The chosen nominees will be inducted at the International Mining[…]