Sustaining arctic/subarctic ecosystems and the livelihoods of northern Indigenous peoples is an immense challenge amid increasing resource development. The paper describes a "tragedy of open access" occurring in Canada's north as governments open up new areas of sensitive barren-ground caribou habitat to mineral resource development. Once numbering in the millions, barren-ground caribou populat...

Performance measurement has received considerable attention by both academic researchers and industry over a past number of years. Researchers have considered time, cost and quality as the predominant criteria for measuring project performance. In response to the Latham and Egan reports to improve the performance of construction processes, the UK construction industry has identified a set of no...

We propose a new approach to the development program for a rawmaterial base based on public-private partnership (PPP) mechanisms. This scheme is applied in production infrastructure development projects financed by the Investment Fund of Russia. This is a Russia-specific mechanism; thus, a special toolkit is designed for its assessment and formation. Our approach is based on synthesis of a simu...

The identification of geological and industrial types mineral deposits has an important theoretical applied significance for their prospecting, resource evaluation development. This problem transformed into independent branch science. It is shown by the example titanmagnetite-ilmenite type in stratified intrusions, where main useful elements are triad Fe, Ti V. geochemical, mineralogical, miner...

National health systems performance (HSP) assessments and benchmarking are critical to understanding how well the delivery of healthcare meets the needs of citizens. Benchmarking HSP has often been done between countries to inform the global public health space. However, its impact is likely to be far greater when implemented sub-nationally to inform actual decisions on resource allocations and...

The Thor lake deposit is a world class resource of rare earth (REE) metals and minerals in Canada. Development work to optimize a REE mineral recovery process flow sheet is underway, however, given the ore mineralogy; the developed reagent scheme is relatively complex. As part of a research project, micro flotation tests were conducted on a feed sample in order to examine factors affecting stre...

Purcell Mountains as a roadless tract of recreational wilderness area. It is located in the rugged mountain range between Kootenay Lake and the Columbia Valley, centred approximately 30 kilometres north of Kimberly (Figure 1-3-1) and is adjoined on the south by St. Mary's Alpine Provincial Park. Resource development, including mineral exploration and mining, was prohibited and any existing clai...

The Thor lake deposit is a world class resource of rare earth (REE) metals and minerals in Canada. Development work to optimize a REE mineral recovery process flow sheet is underway, however, given the ore mineralogy; the developed reagent scheme is relatively complex. As part of a research project, micro-flotation tests were conducted on a feed sample in order to examine factors affecting stre...