Articles by Northern Miner Staff


Open innovation takes root

Mining companies and organizations are increasingly going outside of the industry and using open innovation platforms to find solutions to their challenges.


Launching a SmartPlanes drone.  Credit: SmartPlanes

Drones take productivity to new heights

In the face of one of the biggest downturns in the industry, cash-strapped miners and explorers are turning to unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), or drone, technology as one way to help drive down costs, boost productivity and harness safety at…


Caterpillar's Command for Hauling fully autonomous truck.  Credit: Caterpillar

Adventures in automation

Leaders in the mining industry are starting to recognize that automation is part of the answer to the sector’s productivity problems, says Michael Murphy, chief engineer, mining technology enabled solutions with leading mining sector…


Mining equipment at Agnico Eagle's LaRonde mine in Quebec. Source: Agnico Eagle Mines

Commentary: The great mining brain drain

We are in the midst of a historic bear market, whose bite is clamping down harder with each passing year, squeezing the last remnants of optimism from those working within the mining sector. The only real comfort comes from knowing the cyclical…



Diego Benalcazar (far right), Odin Mining's vice-president of exploration and corporate development, in the field in Ecuador.Source:  Odin Mining

‘Ecuador is the place to be,’ Odin geologist says

QUITO, ECUADOR — Diego Benalcazar has worked all over Latin America — from Chile and Peru to Venezuela, Colombia and Mexico — but since mid-2013, the geologist has concentrated on finding projects in Ecuador as Odin Mining and…




US stocks inch up, Oct. 30-Nov. 5

U.S. equities stayed in positive territory, as investors waited for the monthly jobs report and possible reasons for the Federal Reserve to hike interest rates in December. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 107.63 points, or 0.6%, to…


UEX casts new light on Christie Lake uranium property

When Japanese-owned JCU Exploration sought a partner for its Christie Lake property, 9 km along strike of Cameco’s (TSX: CCO; NYSE: CCJ) McArthur River — the world’s largest uranium mine in Saskatchewan’s Athabasca basin…


Dirk Claessens

How analytics is transforming mining

After the excess investment and focus on production volume during the commodities supercycle, the new mantra of the mining sector is all about productivity.


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