Alisha Hiyate, Author at Canadian Mining Journal

An aerial view of the processing plant at the Tenke Fungurume project in 2015. Credit: Freeport-McMoRan.

TNM Data Miner: Largest global cobalt reserves in 2016

Using the IntelligenceMine database of our sister company Infomine, The Northern Miner compiled a list of the world’s five largest cobalt deposits in 2016, based on reserves. […]

Alisha Hiyate | June 29, 2017 | 4:00 am

Software: Caterpillar invests in Saas company

Caterpillar Venture Capital, a wholly owned subsidiary of Caterpillar, has announced a strategic investment in Alight, a San Francisco-based SaaS (software as […]

Alisha Hiyate | June 28, 2017 | 1:18 pm

Harting's MICA EtherCAT. Credit: Harting

Technology: Harting enhances its MICA mini industrial computer

Montreal – Harting Technology’s mini industrial computer MICA, winner of the prestigious 2016 HERMES Award for industrial innovation, now is available with an […]

Alisha Hiyate | June 28, 2017 | 12:04 pm

Tesla broke ground on its "Gigafactory" outside Sparks, Nevada, in June 2014. It expects to begin battery-cell production by year end. Credit: Tesla Motors.

Cobalt 27 IPO provides ‘pure play’ exposure to cobalt

VANCOUVER — Cobalt 27 Capital‘s $200-million initial public offering (IPO) on the TSX Venture Exchange on June 23 shows there’s a growing appetite […]

Alisha Hiyate | June 28, 2017 | 11:55 am

Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan's New Brunswick facility. Credit: Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan

Merger: Agrium + Potash Corp. = Nutrien

Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan and Agrium have revealed that after their merger of equals is completed later this year, the combined company […]

Alisha Hiyate | June 22, 2017 | 4:51 pm

HAC launch in Sudbury. Credit: CEMI (Centre for Excellence in Mining Innovation)

Innovation: Hydraulic Air Compressor (HAC) launch in Sudbury

Ontario – After a seven month long build, the Hydraulic Air Compressor (HAC) Demonstrator at Dynamic Earth has officially opened. The 100-ft. […]

Alisha Hiyate | June 22, 2017 | 4:39 pm

Pierre Rocque, Kirkland Lake Gold's vice-president, Canadian operations. Credit: Kirkland Lake Gold

Mining People: Fortune Minerals, Kirkland Lake Gold, Metalla Royalty & Streaming, ML Gold, Monarques Gold and Orbite Technologies

Glen Koropchuk has been appointed technical director and chief operating officer at Fortune Minerals to lead development of the NICO cobalt, gold, […]

Alisha Hiyate | June 22, 2017 | 4:30 pm