Sustainability
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Lithium: Northern Ontario Heritage Fund invests in Avalon
Ontario is diversifying the Northern economy and helping create good new jobs for people in the North by supporting innovation at a mining company near Kenora. The province is supporting Avalon Advanced Materials as it develops an innovative new process…
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Tailings: FLSmidth, Goldcorp partner on EcoTails
FLSmidth will be working with Goldcorp to develop EcoTails, a new system to dramatically improve tailings and waste rock disposal while economically processing mine waste and increasing water recovery and reuse by as much as 90–95%. Together with the world’s…
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The sustainable power of Reconciliation
Ontario First Nations live almost exclusively on the most vulnerable lands in the Far North, while 90% of the province’s population live on just 13% of the land in the south. Our Peoples – from the Great Lakes to James…
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COPPER-GOLD: Northern Dynasty announces Pebble advisory committee
ALASKA – Vancouver’s Northern Dynasty Minerals has named an advisory committee to assist it was work goes forward at the Pebble copper-gold project 380 km from Anchorage. The company announced that it and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency had reached…
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SUSTAINABILITY: MAC selects Dominion Diamond, Vale for successful TSM efforts
OTTAWA – The Mining Association of Canada has awarded two Towards Sustainable Mining (TSM) Excellence awards this year – one to the Ekati diamond mine belonging to Dominion Diamond Corp. and another to the Voisey’s Bay nickel-cobalt mine of Vale…
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Early stakeholder engagement equals exploration success
The importance of investing in community relations early on in exploration.
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Legal trends highlight human rights risks for miners operating abroad
Highlights of the mounting human rights risks for Canadian miners operating abroad.
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SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY: MAC members pledge to uphold voluntary principles
OTTAWA – The Mining Association of Canada has asked its members to commit to the Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights, becoming the first national mining organization to do so. The announcement coincides with the annual plenary meeting of…
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SUSTAINABILITY: Botswana adopts MAC’s Towards Sustainable Mining initiative
BOTSWANA – The Botswana Chamber of Mines (BCM) announced on Feb. 14 that it will adopt the Towards Sustainable Mining® (TSM) initiative, a corporate social responsibility program developed by the Mining Association of Canada (MAC) to improve environmental and social practices in the mining industry.…
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Partnerships in procurement – aboriginal businesses operating in Canada’s mining sector
For aboriginal communities across Canada, procurement of local goods and services by mining companies is a central driver of business development creates local jobs and contributes to local prosperity. Today, companies across Canada are increasingly recognizing that developing partnerships with…
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Counting down to the reporting deadline for ESTMA
The Extractive Sector Transparency Measures Act (ESTMA), which came into force June 1, 2015, introduced new reporting and transparency requirements for Canadian companies involved in the mineral exploration and extractive field, contributing to global efforts against corruption in this sector.…
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Ground-breaking report on engaging with aboriginal businesses for local procurement released
Engineers Without Borders (EWB) has released a ground-breaking report entitled “Partnerships in Procurement: Understanding Aboriginal Business Engagement in the Canadian Mining Industry”. The report provides useful background, analysis and recommendations for Canadian mining companies on engagement with aboriginal communities in…
