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TRANSPARENCY: Glencore subpoenaed by U.S. Dept. of Justice
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Justice issued a subpoena on July 2, 2018, for a subsidiary of Glencore plc of Baar, Switzerland. The department is seeking documents and other records with respect to compliance with The Foreign Corrupt…
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Ambitious Impact Assessment Act to reshape project review regime
Here are some of the far-reaching effects of Bill C-69.
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Reconciliation central to overhaul of federal environmental assessment process
Reconciliation is central to the overhaul of the environmental assessment process proposed in Bill C-69.
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Q&A with Ontario’s Mines Minister Michael Gravelle
Minister talks Ring of Fire and Mining Act
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Protecting your foreign operations in the age of BITs
The ins and outs of bilateral investment treaties
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Implementation of modern treaties: Lessons from the Peel River case
The implications of the Peel River case in Yukon
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Five mining policy areas to watch under BC’s new government
How B.C. mining policy may shape up under the new provincial government
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Changes coming to federal environmental and regulatory reviews
Changes coming to federal environmental legislation.
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Water rising to the top of the mining agenda
In an era of social licence, business is driven to think and care about other factors along the way to the creation of value. Mining has for years been increasingly focused on obtaining social licence through community development, impact…
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LAW: Ontario passes new mining act
TORONTO – On May 9, 2017, Ontario passed the Aggregate Resources and Mining Modernization Act. The passage of the Act marks a further step in Ontario’s ongoing overhaul of the rules surrounding resource extraction in the province, which began in…
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Is your safety system about to let your workers down?
An examination of employer liability in workplace accidents.
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Court clarifies threshold requirement to trigger BC environmental assessment
A recent decision of the B.C. Court of Appeal provides some reassurance to project proponents because it clarifies the threshold requirement to trigger a B.C. environmental assessment. The decision also provides the Crown and project proponents with certainty that the…
