A new spin on an old concept
A railway-inspired turntable allows Alamos to drive Alimaks into two separate raises from a single location
Projects
Big dream, narrow focus
Installation of a roof-mounted twin monorail system will create an underground mine with traffic flowing in both directions at one of Torex Gold’s mines in Mexico
The disappearing coal-mining town
An Alberta ghost town now, Bankhead was once a battle front for the labour movement
Lustre restored
Barkerville Gold Mines has put in the work to redefine the famed Cariboo Gold resource and spark a renaissance of British Columbia’s historic Barkerville mining district
The political environment in Alberta’s oil patch
What a shift in provincial leadership means for the oil sands
Planning for closure in the oil sands
Mine closure designer Neeltje Slingerland argues that better tailings planning now will mean a smoother – and cheaper – path to reclamation
