Projects

From proven ground to new depths

Kristen Frisa 

After decades of deploying autonomous blasthole drills in Australia’s Pilbara region, Rio Tinto has recently piloted the technology at its Iron Ore Company of Canada mine in Newfoundland and Labrador 

Shoulder to the mill 

Tijana Mitrovic

Hudbay’s accelerated processing plant upgrade at the Copper Mountain mine is setting up its ambitious future plans for the site 

The Rock bears gold

Alexandra Lopez-Pacheco

With Equinox Gold’s Valentine gold mine now in commercial production, Newfoundland and Labrador has entered a new era as a significant and growing gold producer  

The Goose mine takes flight

Ailbhe Goodbody

At Nunavut’s newest gold mine, B2Gold built on its international experience to bring its first Canadian operation into production

Different by design

Ailbhe Goodbody

The world’s first greenfield in-situ copper recovery operation is set to produce first copper by the end of the year

A new northern vision

Cooper Langford

Ottawa’s renewed focus on northern infrastructure could help to unlock mineral potential, but which projects should get priority?