Open-pit mine development at Côté Lake is on hold, but IAMGOLD’s exploration program at the northeastern Ontario site continues to produce encouraging results. The Toronto precious mineral explorer reports the discovery of a new gold zone at its Côté Gold Joint Venture Project at Gogama, located 125 kilometres southwest of... read more →

The partnership deal will focus on co-developing artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies, and is expected to bolster PCL’s in-house smart construction platform, Job Site Insights. “By applying advanced analytics and machine learning to the incredible data volumes generated by our digital construction platform, PCL is realizing predictive, actionable, and... read more →

PolyMet and its supporters say the projects near Hoyt Lakes and Babbitt would create hundreds of jobs in northeastern Minnesota. Environmentalists have long fought the project because the vast but untapped reserves of copper, nickel and precious metals underneath the region are in the form of sulfide minerals, which can... read more →

Volvo Construction Equipment is adding the P7110B and P7170B asphalt pavers to the company’s Lifetime Frame and Structure Warranty program, and expanding the pavers’ extended warranty. These warranties come standard on machines delivered on or after January 1. The warranty includes the tractor frame for both pavers, and the track... read more →

Between January 2010 and January of this year, the annualized rate of increase of ready-mix concrete prices in Canada has been only +1.4%. (The comparable number for the U.S. has been +3.4%). While Canada’s rate of advance has been modest, there was a period from mid-2016 to early 2018 when... read more →

The new Terex CTT 541-24 flat top tower cranes are explicitly designed for the needs of contractors in Singapore, adhering to government regulations that restrict crane jobs from extending beyond a site’s boundaries. The Terex CTT 541-24 flat top tower crane has a compact counterjib that is only 16.5m long... read more →

More mining companies are seeking to do business with First Nation businesses to take care of supplying services. Waubetek Business Development Corporation in the Whitefish River First Nation is making it easier for those companies to find each other with the announcement of the Association of Indigenous Mining Suppliers, at... read more →

In November, Chicago-based Invenergy announced it was buying the project from Houston-based Clean Line Energy Partners. That deal should bolster the financing, but Invenergy said the sale still needs regulatory approval in Missouri and Kansas. The transmission line also needs to regain regulatory approval in Illinois, where a state appeals... read more →

With too many Sault Ste. Marie companies unable to find skilled workers to meet demand, the city has set its sights on Oshawa’s autoworkers – who could be out of work by year’s end – as potential recruits. During an early January budget meeting, the city revealed it had started... read more →