Technology

Metal extraction with glycine

Lynn Greiner

An amino acid used by plants to absorb metals from soil led to the development of a novel way to extract precious and base metals

The green premium

Trish Saywell

Why some in the mining industry are calling for a two-tiered approach to pricing nickel

Contractually innovative

Alexandra Lopez-Pacheco

Pan American Silver utilized an unconventional contractual approach to a shaft sinking project at its La Colorada mine, which was completed by Dumas Mining earlier this year

Efficient blasting

Mehanaz Yakub

Precision and efficiency—from how data is collected to how blasts are initiated—are the focus of explosives companies that are offering a wide range of blasting and fragmentation technologies

Full circle

Ashley Fish-Robertson

Cyclic Materials has quickly grown over the last few years, establishing itself as a key player in rare earth element recycling

The future of development drilling

Nathan Munn

As equipment manufacturers embrace automation and data-driven decision-making, development drilling at underground mines is becoming safer, greener and more efficient