BKT Tires Canada Inc. announced an off-the-road (OTR) tire supply alliance with Fountain Tire. Effective immediately, Fountain Tire will have full access to BKT’s OTR product line-up for sale through its locations across Canada. “This alliance allows BKT to expand our OTR footprint in Canada,” said Rajiv Poddar, joint managing director of Balkrishna Industries Ltd. “By aligning with Fountain Tire, we are…
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Canadian-based miner Santacruz Silver has cited a lack of profitability for its decision to suspend operations at its Rosario project in Mexico and place the asset on care and maintenance.
Read MoreCanadian-based First Cobalt, which is currently constructing its low-carbon hydrometallurgical refinery in the country, has selected Metso Outotec for the design and manufacturing of solvent extraction cells.
Read MoreThe U.S. Energy Information Administration has released its Annual Coal Report 2020, which provides a closer look at the country’s coal industry. Coal production last year dropped 24.2%, according to the report, to 535.4 million short tons.
Read MoreThe Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) reported that on Sept. 21, a 68-year-old contract truck driver with 20 years of experience was fatally injured at Bonito Pit in Valencia County, N.M., while operating a haul truck. The victim was found lying in front of his truck near the edge of a haul road. The truck was upright and in the opposite…
Read MoreFor the seventh year in a row, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) found none of the nation’s 12,000 mining operations met the criteria for one of the agency’s toughest enforcement tools, its pattern of violations (POV) screening.
Read MoreCanadian copper and zinc miner Hudbay Minerals has ratified new three-and-a-half-year collective agreements with two of its workers’ union representatives.
Read MoreAgnico Eagle Mines confirmed it has entered into a merger of equals agreement to buy Kirkland Lake Gold for C$13.5 billion in stock.
Read MoreA total of 39 miners have now been returned to the surface at Vale’s Totten operation in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, after the mine’s primary shaft sustained damage and trapped the workers underground.
Read MoreThe U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) announced the award of $1 million in Brookwood-Sago Mine Safety grant program funding to support education and training to help identify, avoid and prevent unsafe working conditions in and around the nation’s mines.
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