Norway to open its waters to deep-sea mining
The Norwegian government outlined on Tuesday details of a plan to open its sea floor for commercial mineral exploration and extraction, targeting metals considered essential for the transition to a…
Environment
GMS Video: Mineral processing is key to ESG – so why does it still get short shrift?
Miners understand the importance of innovation in mineral processing in reducing their environmental footprints, addressing community concerns and running more efficient operations. But companies still prefer tried and true processing…
Deep-sea mining may affect thousands of new species found in hotspot
Scientists have identified more than 5,500 entirely new species in the CCZ of the Pacific Ocean, an area targeted by deep sea miners.
BHP unveils first natural capital accounting results
Results of first pilot case study on the application of natural capital accounting principles in mining focused on former mineral sands operation in Australia.
Hudbay on track for carbon-neutral operations at Constancia in Peru
Hudbay Minerals (TSX: HBM; NYSE: HBM) says a renewable energy contract it’s inked in Peru for its Constancia copper operations marks a major milestone towards meeting its 2030 goal to…
The first book on Ontario’s Ring of Fire sees a happy ending for contentious development
When geologist and writer Virginia Heffernan was looking for a topic for her first book, it didn’t take long for her to settle on Ontario’s Ring of Fire. Like many…
Biden earmarks US$450M for clean energy projects at coal mines
The United States has set aside US$450 million to advance clean energy projects on current and former mine sites, with special attention to those that can provide new economic opportunities…
Video: How Dundee Sustainable Technologies is making mine processing greener
Dundee Sustainable Technologies president and CEO Jean-Philippe Mai tells Canadian Mining Journal Editor-in-Chief Tamer Elbokl about the company’s innovative and environmentally friendly processing technologies during the recent PDAC convention in…
Biden soothes Canada’s fears of being crushed by US clean energy push
It can be easy to take a partnership between Canada and the United States as a given,” U.S. President Joe Biden told the House of Commons on Mar. 24 on his…
Video: Why mining is about to hit the decarbonization ‘tipping point’
Canadian Mining Journal Editor-in-Chief Tamer Elbokl talked to Mark Fellows, director and cofounder of Skarn Associates, about the mining sector’s efforts to reduce carbon emissions during the PDAC convention in…
Video: Patricia Mohr outlines Canada’s key advantages in the critical minerals space
Canadian Mining Journal Editor-in-Chief Tamer Elbokl spoke with economist, founder of the publication Critical Metals for a Sustainable World, and former vice-president with Scotiabank, Patricia Mohr at PDAC 2023 in…
Video: SRK Consulting’s Jeff Parshley on the social side of mine closure
The Northern Miner caught up with the world’s biggest mining technical consulting group SRK Consulting at PDAC in Toronto in March 2023. Tamer Elbokl, Editor-in-Chief of TNM sister publication Canadian…