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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…
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAM: Syncrude beefs up protection of waterfowl
ALBERTA – Following the drowning of 1,600 birds in the Aurora settling basin last year, Syncrude has made changes t…
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HOT TOPIC: What is the cost of CSR?
Done right, corporate social responsibility will produce a win-win outcome, but it doesn’t come cheap. The most com…
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CANADIAN PERSPECTIVE: Feds create CSR office
The Canadian government is catching up to what we in the mineral industry have known for more than a decade: corpor…
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ENVIRONMENTAL APPROVAL: Province okays Mt. Milligan
BRITISH COLUMBIA – Vancouver-based Terrane Metals has received provincial environmental approval for its Mt. Millig…
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ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW: Province wants more information from Labrador iron project
LABRADOR – Labrador Iron Mines Holdings of Toronto has received word from the Department of Environment and Conserv…
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SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: MAC, First Nations sign deal to boost Aboriginal economy
TORONTO – National Chief Phil Fontaine of the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) and Jim Gowans, chair of the Mining A…
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WINNERS: WiM announces Mining Mogul winners
TORONTO – Three winners have been named in the Meet the Mining Mogul contest, a first of its kind, put on by the Wo…
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CYANIDE CODE: Kinross’s Maricunga mine certified
WASHINGTON, DC – The International Cyanide Management Institute (ICMI) has announced that the Maricunga gold mine b…
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CYANIDE CODE: Bulyanhulu mine receives certificate
TANZANIA – The International Cyanide Management Institute (ICMI) of Washington, DC, has certified the Bulyanhulu go…
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CLIMATE WATCH: Canadian Natural Resources placed on list
BOSTON, Massachusetts – Ceres, a coalition of investors, environmental organization and other public interest group…