A look at the development of Canada’s first radium mine, which later became strategically important in the nuclear age

How a mine on a remote island off B.C.’s coast began supplying iron ore to Japan’s booming steel industry in the 1960s

How a collaboration between industry and academic researchers led to the pioneering of a nickel sulfide ammonia leach process

How the increasing use of magnetometers for mineral exploration in the 1940s helped the development of Lynn Lake, Manitoba

How an accidental discovery of salty water in a well led to the development of Nova Scotia’s salt industry

How, as Saskatchewan expanded its new potash industry, it had to take steps to regulate production while also keeping prices competitive on the international market