The market for industrial explosives is on a continuous rise due to rapid increase in mining activities, especially in the developing economies globally. It is projected to reach $15.9 billion by 2022, growing at 6.7% from 2016 to 2022, according…
Information recently released by the B.C. Crown Contaminated Sites Program (CCSP) has Mining Watch Canada calling on the provincial government to “stop talking and start acting” to prevent future mine sites environmental disasters. MiningWatch Canada supports both the Auditor General’s…
BRITISH COLUMBIA – AuRico Metals of Toronto is one step closer to development at the Kemess underground gold-copper project 430 km northwest of Prince George, in the Toodoggone River area. The BC Environmental Assessment Office has approved the application information…
ALASKA – Equal partners Barrick Gold of Toronto and NovaGold Resources of Vancouver say a milestone has been reached at their Donlin gold project 450 km northwest of Anchorage. The U.S. Army Corp of Engineers has published the draft environmental…
VICTORIA and JUNEAU – Premier Christy Clark of British Columbia and governor Bill Walker of Alaska have signed an agreement aimed at the environmental protection of rivers, watersheds and fisheries that run through both jurisdictions on Nov. 25. The agreement…