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ENVIRONMENTAL REPORT: Canadian Malartic information made public
QUEBEC – The Quebec Minister of Sustainable Development, Environment and Parks has released the report on the publi…
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SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: Quebec publishes mineral strategy
QUEBEC – Serge Simard, Quebec minister for natural resources and wildlife, unveiled on June 29, 2009, Quebec’s firs…
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WATER TREATMENT: Alexco wins additional contract in Colorado
COLORADO – An environmental services subsidiary of Vancouver-headquartered Alexco Resource Corp. has been awarded a…
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ENVIRONMENTAL ACT: Canada adds tougher enforcement tools
OTTAWA – The federal government’s new Environmental Enforcement Act, which received Royal Assent on June 18, aims t…
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CYANIDE CODE: Changes proposed
WASHINGTON, DC – The International Cyanide Management Institute (ICMI) is seeking comments on a possible changes to…
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CANADIAN PERSPECTIVE: MAC leads sustainability push
The rise of corporate social responsibility (CSR) has been spectacular. The mining industry has embraced it, none m…
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SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: Suncor, Fort McKay launch business incubator
ALBERTA – Calgary’s Suncor Energy and the Fort McKay First Nation have launched the Fort McKay Business Incubator (…
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ENVIRONMENTAL APPROVAL: La Ronge gold project gets nod
SASKATCHEWAN – Golden Band Resources of Saskatoon has received environmental approval from the province’s Ministry …
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SUSTAINABILITY: Raglan mine supports caribou research
QUEBEC – The Raglan nickel-copper mine belonging to Toronto’s Xstrata Nickel has pledged $350,000 over the next fiv…
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CANADIAN PERSPECTIVE: Celebration set for historic Toburn gold mine
The first gold mine in Kirkland Lake, ON, is reopening this summer, not as a producer but as a monument to the earl…
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CANADIAN PERSPECTIVE: Federal court strikes down pollution reporting exemption for miners
Late in April 2009, the Federal Court of Canada released a decision that will force mineral producers to report lev…
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CYANIDE MANAGEMENT: Petaquilla signs accord
WASHINGTON, DC – Petaquilla Minerals of Vancouver has become the latest company to sign the International Cyanide M…
