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SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY: Centre of Excellence in CSR launched
OTTAWA — The Centre for Excellence in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) was officially launched at a…
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CANADIAN PERSPECTIVE: When development cannot be sustained
The mining industry evolves continuously and nowhere more so than in the areas of safety, environmental protec…
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HOT TOPIC: Corporate CSR strategy
Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is as much a part of building a new mine in developing nations as is rou…
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CANADIAN PERSPECTIVE: What I learned about human rights
Earlier this week I went to a corporate social responsibility (CSR) seminar to sharpen my appreciation of the …
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HOT TOPIC: Using replacement workers in Sudbury
On Oct. 20, the Ontario Labour Relations Board ruled that Vale Inco has the right to ask its non-striking offi…
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READER COMMENT: Bridging the mining/human rights gap
“I really feel like the gap between human rights workers and people who work in the mining industry really nee…
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HOT TOPIC: Human rights protection
I doubt that any company that explores or mines in developing countries would deliberately try to quash the hu…
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CANADIAN PERSPECTIVE: Bill introduced to tighten rules on transnational resource companies
In February 2009, the Hon. John McKay introduced a private bill, C-300, “An Act Respecting Corporate Accountab…
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SPECIAL REPORT ON PASCUA-LAMA: Part 5 – Barrick’s Atacama commitment
In the last of CMJ’s exclusive coverage of Barrick Gold’s Pascua-Lama project, the company’s commitment to its…
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SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: Mining Association releases TSM progress report
OTTAWA — The progress report released last week by the Mining Association of Canada (MAC) reveals substa…
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TAILINGS RETREATMENT: Oil sands projects receives federal funding
ALBERTA — Titanium Corporation of Edmonton will receive up to $4.9 million in federal funds from Sustain…
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SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: Hawthorne, Kaska Dena sign resource funding agreement
VANCOUVER — Hawthorne Gold Corp. and the Kaska Dena Council have signed a resource funding agreement in …
