Mining News
“We know that there’s a boom in natural resources. I think what we need now, given the gaps, given the problems we found, is a boom in environmental protection.”
Scott Vaughan, Canada’s Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development
Canadians have a terrible international mining reputation. Canada is home to 75% of the world’s mining companies for a reason: “Canadian imperial heritage continues to offer the worldwide extractive sector a customized trading environment that supports speculation, enables capital flows to finance questionable projects abroad, provides government subsidies, and most especially, offers a politicized legal haven from litigation.” (Imperial Canada Inc. by Alain Deneault & William Sacher)
“Canadian Embassies have regularly gone to bat to protect the interests of Canadian mining companies in cases where communities don’t want them and where there have been egregious human rights and environmental abuses. Their interventions have been strategically timed with regard to mining project or policy decisions related to Canadian commercial interests and demonstrate systematic disregard for the perspectives and interests of the affected communities.” (MiningWatch Canada)
Our reputation at home is not much better – like Taseko’s bid in B.C. to drain Fish Lake for a tailings pond and “concentrating the effect of the project into a single watershed” (article)
Abandoned Mines
“Canada has an estimated 10,000 abandoned mines. [5] The responsibility for orphaned and abandoned mines in Canada falls to the respective provincial or territorial government, although the federal government maintains most of the responsibility for mine sites in the north. [1] In response to emerging regulations or through voluntary and proactive initiatives, there has been a concerted effort over the last ten years by the Canadian federal, provincial, and territorial governments to address the abandoned mines that they have “inherited”. [7] In all the jurisdictions in Canada, abandoned mine sites are being assessed and prioritized, and those that have been identified as posing the greatest hazards have been or are being cleaned up.” (source)
Faro Mine, Yukon (article) (article)
Yukon Zinc’s Wolverine Mine, Yukon (article)
Giant Mine, Yellowknife, NWT (article)
Specific Issues:
Rare-Earth Mining
With China accounting for more than 90 percent of the world’s rare-earth supplies — and prices rising sharply — companies and nations are racing to find new sources of rare earth minerals, which are used in everything from solar panels to smart phones. (article)
For information on the rare-earth mining proposed at Kipawa Lake, located just over the Ontario border in Quebec, contact www.kipawalakepreservationsociety.ca
NEWS: Rare-Earth Mining
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Date |
Source |
Title |
Comment |
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2016-08-25 |
Earth Journalism Network |
Liu Hongqiao |
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2016-06-20 |
MarketWired.com |
Matamec Provides an Update to the Kipawa Rare Earths Joint Venture Project
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2014-09-05 |
NBC News |
Rare Earth: Afghanistan Sits on $1 Trillion in Minerals
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Live Science |
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2014-04-21 |
The Sun (USA) |
Jim Steinberg - Mountain Pass is the only rare earth mine in North America |
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2014-03-19 |
Youtube / Christina Moreau |
Christina Moreau - Quebec/Ontario border
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2013-10-09 |
Nugget.ca |
- Lake Kipawa (QUE) - [near the border with Ontario, north of Témiscaming, Quebec] |
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2012-08-22 |
Environment 360 |
Solar Shingles Made from Common Metals Offer Cheaper Energy Option
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Rare-earth mining |
NEWS - GENERAL MINING
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Date |
Source |
Title |
Comment |
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2022-04-04 |
CTV News |
Canada to invest $2B on mineral strategy for EV battery supply chain
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Steve Scherer |
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2020-02-26 |
Youtube / GPO |
Elizabeth May – Teck Frontier Mine (@ 5:54)
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Elizabeth May |
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2020-02-25 |
TheNarwhal.ca |
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Lori Fox |
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2020-02-23 |
CBC News (AB) |
Teck withdraws application for $20B Frontier oilsands mine
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Sarah Rieger |
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2019-09-21 |
PBS |
Gold mining leaves heart of Peruvian Amazon a wasteland
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2019-07-26 |
TheNarwhal.ca |
10 things you need to know about the massive new oilsands mine that just got a green light
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Sharon J. Riley |
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2019-06-04 |
TheNarwhal.ca |
Tailings dam failures linked to hefty bonuses for mine managers: report
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Judith Lavoie |
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2019-06-18 |
CBC News (BC) |
Canadian mining company liable for pollution flowing from Kootenays to U.S.
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Bob Keating |
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2019-04-05 |
CBC News (NS) |
Eastern Shore community rallies against proposed gold mine
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Mairin Prentiss |
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2019-04-03 |
CBC News |
Who cleans up? No requirements to fix environmental impacts from mining, auditor says
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Bob Weber |
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2019-02-19 |
Globe and Mail |
People are dying because of Canadian mines. It’s time for the killing to stop
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Duncan Hood |
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2019-01-24 |
Sudbury Star |
Ford clears the way for mine development, minister tells Sudbury audience
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Jim Moodie |
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2018-12-04 |
TheNarwhal.ca |
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Carol Linnitt |
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2018-11-14 |
BuffaloNews.com |
Experts paint bleak picture of what Tonawanda Coke left behind
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T.J. Pignataro |
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2018-10-29 |
TheNarwhal.ca |
Canada’s northern ‘zombie mines’ are a lingering multi-billion dollar problem
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Jimmy Thomson |
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2018-08-29 |
Belleville Intelligencer |
Battle brewing over mine south of Bancroft
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Timothy Meeks |
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2018-08-08 |
Northern Ontario Business |
Ontario is a tough place to do mineral exploration
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Ian Ross |
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2018-08-05 |
Wired |
The spiralling environmental cost of our lithium battery addiction
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Amit Katwala |
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2018-04-16 |
ABC.Net.AU (Australia) |
Road to nowhere: Central Queensland community left powerless after Gibihi Road mining blast
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Rachel McGhee, Inga Stunzner - 45 km detour |
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2018-05-11 |
Northern Ontario Business |
Ian Ross |
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2018-04-02 |
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Ellie Ade Kur |
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2018-01-31 |
Toronto Star |
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Marco Chown Oved |
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2017-12-13 |
Mining.com |
This is how much copper, nickel, cobalt an electric vehicle world needs
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Frik Els |
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2017-12-14 |
NASDAQ / GlobeNewswire |
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- northwest of Massey, 125 km west of Sudbury |
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2017-12-14 |
CBC News BC |
Environmental assessment sinks proposed Ajax mine near Kamloops
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2017-12-14 |
Ecologyaction.ca |
Rally Against Mega-quarry on Kluscap (Kellys) Mountain, Mining in Protected Areas (Nova Scotia)
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2017-12-05 |
Mondaq.com |
Canada: Still Dark As A Dungeon Down In The Mine? Modernizing Ontario's Mining Act
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Al Wiens, Tajrin Nayeem and Jonathan Born |
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2017-11-01 |
CBC |
De Beers won't extend mine life at Victor, will close operation in 2019
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The Canadian Press |
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2017-08-17 |
Marketwired.com |
Power Metals Corp. Commences Drill Program at Case Lake
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Press release - near Cochrane, ON |
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2017-07-14 |
Globe and Mail |
Opinion: Who cleans up the mess when oil and mining companies go bankrupt?
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Tim Gray |
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2017-07-12 |
Council of Canadians (BC) |
Trudeau approves dumping mine waste into two fish-bearing creeks in British Columbia
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Brent Patterson |
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2017-06-12 |
Marketwired.com |
Press Release Niobium - a gray or white, metallic chemical element, somewhat ductile and malleable, used in alloy steels, superconducting alloys, in jet engines and rockets, etc. |
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2017-05-05 |
SumOfUs |
Petition: Imperial Metals: drop your open-pit copper mine project in Clayoquot Sound
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(BC) |
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2017-04-04 |
CBC News BC |
Tofino activists decry 'high priority' open pit mine overlooking picturesque West Coast tourist town
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Francis Plourde and Maryse Zeidler (BC)
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2017-01-23 |
The Guardian (UK) |
At least 3,000 geese killed by toxic water from former Montana copper mine
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Associated Press (USA) |
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2016-09-22 |
Globe and Mail |
Police killed 65, injured 270 at Barrick mine in Tanzania, inquiry hears |
Geoffrey York - Barrick Gold Corp. - Tanzania |
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2016-07-01 |
CBC News BC |
B.C. on the hook for up to $508M for cleanup of contaminated sites
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Andrew Gage, West Coast Environmental Law |
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2016-06-26 |
EcoWatch / SkyTruth |
Bird’s Eye View of Catastrophic Toxic Mine-Waste Spill in Brazil
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David Manthos |
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2016-05-27 |
EcoWatch / Lorraine Chow |
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Lorraine Chow - Peru |
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2016-05-03 |
Sum of Us |
Don Kossick - offshore tax havens $2.1 billion at stake |
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2016-04-11 |
ABC News (Australia) |
Solomons Government issues contamination warnings after tailings dam spill at Gold Ridge mine
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Liam Fox - Solomon Islands |
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2016-03-04 |
EcoWatch / Odendahl, Young, Wockner |
Terry Odendahl, Roy Young and Gary Wockner |
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2016-03-04 |
CBC News North |
Mining exploration on Nunavut's Bluenose East caribou calving grounds allowed by board
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Sara Minogue |
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2016-02-16 |
Globe and Mail (Que) |
Quebec residents threaten lawsuit over Canadian Malartic gold mine
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- quality of life issues |
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2016-01-27 |
NorthernLife.ca |
The province is getting in the way of new mines: Study
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Jonathan Migneault |
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2015-12-09 |
NOW Toronto |
Opinion: Canadian Companies Behaving Badly
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Michelle Adelman |
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2015-12-05 |
CBC News |
De Beers mine in Northwest Territories had water issues before closure
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Guy Quenneville |
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2015-11-22 |
Aljazeera (Brazil) |
Toxic sludge reaches Atlantic after Brazil dams burst
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Ryan Rifai |
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2015-11-10 |
Mining Watch Canada |
Ontarians on the Hook for Water & Mine Site Clean-Up Costs – Alarming Report from Eco-Commissioner
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2015-11-05 |
Latin Times |
Brazilian Dam Bursts Killing At Least 15; 45 Missing In Flood Of Toxic Iron Mine Tailings
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Cedar Attanasio |
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2015-08-28 |
Durango Herald (USA) |
Jessica Pace - Gold King Mine - mine discharging more water than expected (600 gallons per minute) |
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2015-08-24 |
ABC News (USA) |
Felicia Fonseca - Gold King Mine - San Juan river, Colorado USA - farmers don't want to risk contaminating the soil for future generations |
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2015-08-12 |
Business Vancouver |
Gold mine spill shines light on practice of avoiding environmental assessment
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Nelson Bennett - Banks Island Gold Ltd. |
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2015-08-12 |
Alternet.org (USA) |
'Beyond Unacceptable': Judge OKs Uranium Mine at Grand Canyon
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Reynard Loki |
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2015-07-08 |
CBC News |
UN Human Rights Committee grills Canada over mining, aboriginal treatment
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The Canadian Press |
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2015-07-07 |
Global News |
Canada faces questions from UN rights committee on mining industry
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The Canadian Press |
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2015-05-12 |
CBC News |
How CBC found the secret diamond royalty
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Rita Celli |
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2015-04-07 |
Globe and Mail |
Graphic: How gold company CEOs’ coin stacks up
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Rachelle Younglai |
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2015-04-06 |
Change.org |
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Chloe Giles
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2015-03-20 |
NorthernLife.ca |
Ontario falling behind in mining, say industry stakeholders
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Jonathan Migneault |
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2014-12-19 |
Mining.com |
Frik Els - Seabridge Gold’s KSM project in BC |
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2014-08-08 |
CBC BC |
Tailings pond spill: What happens to effluent over time
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Matt Kwong |
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2014-03-20 |
Financial Post |
Osisko says $4.4-billion Canadian Malartic mine plan proves Goldcorp’s bid is far too low
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Peter Koven |
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2013-11-28 |
CBC Sudbury |
Audio: Cleaning up the old Long Lake Gold Mine site in Sudbury |
- Long Lake Stewardship Committee - leaking arsenic for years – target 2015 cleanup - Whitefish Lake First Nation on water restrictions |
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2014-11-21 |
Global News |
The Canadian Press - Nevsun Resources Ltd., Eritrea, Bisha mine |
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2013-11-08 |
Toronto Star |
Ring of Fire: Kathleen Wynne asks Stephen Harper to team up
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Rob Ferguson More info: AO Ring of Fire |
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2013-11-01 |
Globe and Mail |
Wendy Stueck - Williams Lake, B.C. - proposed New Prosperity mine ($1bln copper-gold mine) - drain Fish Lake for tailings |
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2013-10-15 |
The Telegram |
Ashley Fitzpatrick - central Newfoundland copper mine - tailings dam failure |
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2013-10-08 |
MiningWatch Canada |
Backgrounder: A Dozen Examples of Canadian Mining Diplomacy
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2013-10-07 |
Toronto Star |
Brazil demands explanation over reports Canada spied on mine ministry
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Isabel Teotonio |
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2013-07-23 |
Sun News Network |
Sherry Noik - Cdn mining company may potentially be held responsible for atrocities committed at foreign subsidiary |
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2013-07-11 |
Westcoast Native News |
Vale accused of dumping toxic material into Anaktalak Bay, Labrador
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2013-04-03 |
CBC News |
Canadian mining companies subject of worldwide protests
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Santiago Ortega Arango Environmental practices at issue |
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2013-03-31 |
IAMGOLD |
Proposed 210 hectare/519 acre 650m deep open pit gold mine would be located in the Chester and Neville Townships, District of Sudbury, approximately 20 km southwest of Gogama (130km sw of Timmins, 200 km nw of Sudbury) |
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2013-03-09 |
NetNewsLedger |
Michael Gravelle – Articulating a Vision for a Prosperous North
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Minister of Northern Development and Mines’ speech |
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2013-03-01 |
Globe and Mail |
Taseko submits new waste plan to appease native concerns over Fish Lake |
Dene Moore - Williams Lake, B.C. - drain Fish Lake for tailings |
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2013-02-18 |
Energy Collective |
GDP Doesn’t Reflect True Impact of Mining
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Tyler Hamilton blog |
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2013-01-05 |
Navneet Gupta (personal blog) |
Help Expose Canadian Mining & Waste 'Management' Practices (Both At Home & Abroad) Please Share
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Navneet Gupta |
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2012-02-26 |
Vancouver Observer |
National Geographic explorer Wade Davis on Enbridge, First Nations and Mining
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David P. Ball |
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2011-11-22 |
Youtube / manictimes |
This is the real story – Allan Billison (3 mins)
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Australia’s mining billionaire |
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2011-09-15 |
Barrick |
a terrific representation of mining scale and operation |
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2008-06-16 |
CBC News |
Lakes across Canada face being turned into mine dump sites
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Terry Milewski |
Metal Mining Effluent Regulation (MMER)
A regulation of the Federal Fisheries Act, the MMER allows metal mining corporations to use lakes and rivers as toxic dumpsites. Once added to Schedule 2, lakes lose all environmental protections. Link to The Council of Canadians Schedule 2 information page.
Rehabilitation
Britannia Mine Museum (BC) – now a national historic site of Canada (wikipedia) www.britanniaminemuseum.ca
“The Province proceeded to construct a $20 million water treatment centre to process the water pollution from the former mine, consisting of the acid mine drainage and the contaminated groundwater which formerly discharged to Howe Sound. The water treatment plant started operation on schedule on December 31, 2005. The acid mine drainage is expected to continue for hundreds of years and hence the water treatment plant is expected to be required for hundreds of years. The approximate cost for the first 20 years of the reclamation program including all initial capital and operation costs is approximately $200 million, (current charges by Epcor on a P3 agreement are approximately $1 millions annually), which will be primarily paid for by the Province.” (source)
For more information:
Republic of Mining blog – www.republicofmining.com (building awareness of social and economic benefits of sustainable mining practices (industry sponsored))
Mining Watch Canada - www.miningwatch.ca (changing public policy and mining practices to ensure the health of individuals, communities and ecosystems)
Gravel Watch – www.gravelwatch.org (acting in the interests of residents and communities to protect the health, safety, quality of life of Ontarians and the natural environment in matters that relate to aggregate resources)
Facebook – “Canadians for Mining Awareness” group
“The fact we have high environmental standards, I think is limiting the number of mines constructed in the region. What do we value more, the construction of mines or protection of the environment?”
Karl Skogstad, economics professor at Lakehead University (source)
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