Mining

Reducing the New Afton Mine’s Lifetime Carbon Footprint by 49.5% Background New Gold Inc.’s New Afton Mine near Kamloops in British Columbia, Canada, was built in 2011 and opened in 2012. As part of its mining operation, it employs the block-caving method. Because of that, New Gold Inc. needed to construct a large network of … Read More

Protecting the Integrity of One of the Largest Sources of Uranium in Namibia Background Known as one of the largest reserves for uranium in Namibia, the Trekkopje mine is located in Western Namibia, approximately 65 km northeast of Swakopmund. As part of its maxi project’s construction, the mine was envisioned as a composite of numerous … Read More

Developing Cost-Effective Flooring for Gibraltar Mine Background Taseko Mines Ltd.’s Gibraltar copper-molybdenum mine is located in south-central British Columbia, approximately 60 km (37 mi) north of the City of Williams Lake. Built in 1972, the Gibraltar Mine is the second largest open-pit copper-molybdenum mine in Canada. As part of the mine’s multi-phase expansion and modernization … Read More