WASHINGTON, D.C.  – Toronto-based Detour Gold Corp. has become a signatory to the International Cyanide Management Code for the manufacture, transport and […]

Seabridge Gold announced today that the federal government has issued a regulatory amendment to Schedule 2 of the Metal Mining Effluent Regulations […]

TORONTO – Corporate Knights has once more released its annual list of the Best 50 Corporate Citizens in Canada. Several mining companies […]

Three levels of government, a mining company and a First Nation have come together in a historic agreement to develop a new […]

ALASKA – Vancouver’s Northern Dynasty Minerals has named an advisory committee to assist it was work goes forward at the Pebble copper-gold […]

SASKATCHEWAN – An historic agreement has been struck between the Muskowekwan First Nation and engineering firm Amec Foster Wheeler of Vancouver. The […]

OTTAWA – The Mining Association of Canada has asked its members to commit to the Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights, […]

BOTSWANA – The Botswana Chamber of Mines (BCM) announced on Feb. 14 that it will adopt the Towards Sustainable Mining® (TSM) initiative, a corporate social […]

Making concrete commitments to fully involve First Nations in Canada’s energy and resource economy should have been front-and-centre during this federal election.

In under a generation, social licence commitments have moved from a nice-to-have community relations to a regulatory necessity.

Right from the beginning, our Office has made it a priority to reach across sectors and build bridges between people with different perspectives.  Many diverse stakeholders have an interest in the environmental and social impacts of...

Recently, an important anniversary passed quietly. Ten years ago, in Toronto, the Global Mining Initiative Conference, a path-breaking global conference on mining and sustainable development, wrapped up. The Conference was the culmination of a...