A recent survey by Pauktuutit Inuit Women of Canada reveals that Inuit women in the mining industry experience a high level of sexual harassment at work. Of those surveyed by the organization, 55% reported experiencing some form of sexual harassment,…
OTTAWA – Canada’s national association for miners, the Mining Association of Canada (MAC), is weighing in on the federal government’s decision to review Teck Resources‘ proposed Castle Mountain metallurgical coal project in B.C., saying the additional review is unnecessary as…
DENVER – With restrictions on mining due to the coronavirus pandemic starting to ease, Newmont is back on track with all but one of its mines – Musselwhite in northern Ontario – slated to resume full operations in the coming…
QUEBEC – First Nations in Quebec and Labrador have raised concerns about the reopening of mining operations in Quebec, fearing that movement in and out of fly-in/fly-out camps will increase transmission of the novel coronavirus into their communities. In a…
As the world seemingly moves into lockdown to halt the transmission of the novel COVID-19 virus, the uncertainty and restrictions on movement are taking a toll on markets and commodities. After initially benefiting from uncertainty around the virus and peaking…
Newly appointed B.C. Mines Minister Bruce Ralston says all 25 of the province’s Mining Jobs Task Force recommendations, intended both to speed up the permitting process and to strengthen oversight of the mining industry, will be implemented by the end of…
NORTHWEST TERRITORIES – Fortune Minerals of London, Ont., had the Tlicho government have signed an agreement supporting the NICO cobalt-gold-bismuth-copper project 160 km northwest of Yellowknife. The agreement details the conditions under which the mining company can build and operate…
ONTARIO – Greenstone Gold Mines – a 50:50 joint venture of Toronto’s Centerra Gold and Premier Gold Mines based in Thunder Bay, Ont. – and Aroland First Nation, Animbiigoo Zaagi’igan Anishinaabek, and Ginoogaming First Nation have signed a long term…
COLLINGWOOD, Ont. – MacLean Engineering is proud to announce that it has partnered with the Rankin Inlet-based Nunavut Investments to create Nunavut MacLean Inc., an Inuit-owned business registered on NTI’s Inuit Firm Registry. This new business will provide a long…
VANCOUVER – The Association for Mineral Exploration or AME, a Vancouver-based industry group, issued a communiqué stating that the sector expects “minimal immediate change” following the introduction of the new B.C. Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act. Last…
NORTHWEST TERRITORIES – Montreal-based Osisko Metals has signed two separate co-operation agreements that cover its Pine Point zinc-lead project 65 km east of Hay River. The company, the Deninu Kue First Nation, and the Northwest Territory Metis Nation have agreed…
Ontario is one step closer to making the Ring of Fire a reality. Rick Gregford, Minister of Energy, Northern Development and Mines, and Minister of Indigenous Affairs, announced in August that the province would work directly with First Nation communities…