BRAZIL – Four days after the failure of one of its tailings dams at the Feijao iron ore mine in Brumadinho, owner […]

Every mine and mill operator’s worst nightmare is the failure of a tailings dam. Vancouver’s Imperial Metals faced this catastrophe in 2014 […]

FINLAND – Outotec has been awarded a contract to design and deliver a mine paste backfill system to a nickel mine in Canada. The […]

BRITISH COLUMBIA – The regulatory body Engineers and Geoscientists British Columbia is planning disciplinary hearings for three individuals with respect to the […]

Bryan Schreiner, Jack Zhang and Lucinda Wood. The following is an excerpt from an article on the Saskatchewan Research Council’s (SRC) blog, […]

Vice-president 'Lyn Anglin speaks about the aftermath of the Mount Polley tailings spill

The Mount Polley tailings dam failure has spurred a look at tailings alternatives

Western Copper & Gold's Casino proposal shaped by tailings management

OTTAWA – On Nov. 7 the Mining Association of Canada released its third edition of its A Guide to the Management of […]

ALBERTA – Suncor Energy said on Oct. 25 that it has received approval from the Alberta Energy Regulator for its base plant […]

NEWFOUNDLAND – Anaconda Mining of Toronto has begun an infill percussion drill program at its Argyle gold discovery about 4.5 km from […]

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