The Mining Association of Canada
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TRANSPORTATION: MAC wants binding arbitration to end rail strike
OTTAWA – The Mining Association of Canada has expressed “serious concern” regarding the damage a long strike that halts rail service will do to the mining industry. The job action comes as a result of failing to come to a…
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SUSTAINABILITY: Brazil adopts MAC’s Towards Sustainable Mining initiative
BELO HORIZONTE, Brazil – The national mining association in this country – Instituto Brasileiro de Mineracao (IBRAM) – has adopted the Towards Sustainable Mining initiative developed by Ottawa-based Mining Association of Canada. TSM is a program aimed at improving environmental…
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MINING PEOPLE: MAC, CMIC, and Falcon Gold
The Mining Association of Canada in Ottawa has selected Gordon Stothart to be its CEO for the next two-year term. He is also executive VP and COO of Iamgold. He comes to his new role with extensive experience in the mining…
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MONEY: Canadian budget update full of goodies for miners
OTTAWA – In a move long sought by mineral explorers active in Canada, Canada’s federal government has extended its mineral exploration tax credit (METC) for five years, in contrast to the prior tradition of renewing it annually. The news came…
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TAILINGS: MAC releases second edition of tailings and water management guide
OTTAWA – On March 5, the Mining Association of Canada released its second edition of the Developing an Operation, Maintenance and Surveillance Manual for Tailings and Water Management facilities (the OMS Guide) which was first released in 2003. MAC also…
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WATER: MAC publishes new protocol for mines
OTTAWA – The Mining Association of Canada is introducing a new standard, the Water Stewardship Protocol as part of its Towards Sustainable Mining initiative. Miners that follow the protocol will improve their environmental performance and sustainability practice. The development of…
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ENVIRONMENT: Second dam failure for Vale in Brazil
Every mine and mill operator’s worst nightmare is the failure of a tailings dam. Vancouver’s Imperial Metals faced this catastrophe in 2014 at its Mount Polley copper-gold mine in British Columbia. Fortunately no one died. The company remediated the problem…
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AWARDS: MAC fetes Vale and Iamgold for sustainability excellence
VANCOUVER – This is the week of the CIM annual convention, and at the awards gala on May 7, Ottawa-based Mining Association of Canada honored both Vale’s Sudbury Operations in Ontario and Iamgold’s Essakane gold mine in Burkina Faso for…
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The cleaner, drier future of mine waste
The Mount Polley tailings dam failure has spurred a look at tailings alternatives
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ENVIRONMENT: The Philippines adopts MAC’s Towards Sustainable Mining initiative
PASIG CITY, Philippines – The Chamber of Mine of the Philippines (COMP) became the first south Asian organization to adopt the Towards Sustainable Mining initiative developed by the Mining Association of Canada. COMP is the fourth offshore association to adopt…
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MAC adopts the Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights
What MAC’s adoptions of the Voluntary Principles means for members.
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Facts ‘n’ Figures: Canadian mining by the numbers
The flood of new data in the past month about Canadian mining and mineral exploration shows an industry getting back on its feet after five tough years, notwithstanding continued difficulties in the potash and uranium subsectors. The Mining Association of…
