MONTREAL – As workers across North America continue to execute critical projects amid the COVID-19 pandemic, working environments can make pose difficulties for compliance with physical distancing guidelines. After watching their employees naviga…
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Greenhouse emissions are expected to fall by 6% this year due to a global slowdown caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO)…
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The Zambia Chamber of Mines has urged the government to urgently engage with the sector and agree relief measures to address the issues facing mining companies in the midst of COVID-19. The chamber said in a statement it had submitted a broad three-pha…
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The temporary closure and imminent reopening of mines across the country in the coming weeks provides an opportunity for mine bosses to assess and rethink their impact on communities, say Louise Scholtz and Khodani Mulaudzi of the World Wide Fund for N…
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As companies around the world make changes due to COVID-19, several mining-related events are either postponed, rescheduled or moved online. Below, we list some of the events with schedule impacts due to the global pandemic. Notably, there are no chang…
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First the good news: Quebec’s decision last week to add mining to the list of priority activities and services permitted during the pandemic elicited quiet…
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Canadian rare earths company Geomega has begun modifying its rare-earth pilot plant, located at the National Research Council in Boucherville, Quebec, to be able to produce hand santiser.
In a statement announcing the initiative, Geomega says that the…
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South American countries have taken varying approaches to containing the spread of COVID-19, ranging from leaving it to states and cities to handle the virus…
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ONTARIO – In the first quarter of this year, Harte Gold produced 8,597 oz. at its Sugar Zone mine. This is a record for the company and a 7% increase over the 8,017 oz. generated in the fourth quarter of…
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When the COVID-19 crisis started to ramp up globally in March, Michael Gribbons, cofounder of Lively, Ont.-based Maestro Digital Mine, spent hours each day trying to learn as much as possible about the novel coronavirus and get a sense of…
The po…
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