Imperial Metals (TSX: III; US-OTC: IPMLF), the beleaguered miner behind the large Mount Polley tailings spill in B.C., has agreed that the Tahltan Central Council could review the tailings facility at its Red Chris copper–gold mine now…
The Mount Polley copper-gold mine operated by Imperial Metals processed a form of ore related to an alkali intrusive. This type of ore is typified as having a low content of sulphur and is not associated with significant quantities of…
Northern Miner editor-in-chief John Cumming appeared Tuesday evening on CBC Radio British Columbia’s drive-home show “On the Coast” with guest host Kirk Williams to talk about Imperial Metals, the Mount Polley spill, the Red Chris mine…
It was another week of major developments in the fast-moving story of Imperial Metals and the massive, 15-million-tonne tailings and waste-water breach at its Mount Polley copper–gold mine in central B.C.’s Cariboo region.
There have been several developments in the days since Imperial Metals (TSX: III; US-OTC: IPMLF) reported a disastrous tailings spill at its Mount Polley gold–copper mine, near the town of Likely, B.C., which sent nearly 15 million…
Mining in Latin America has had an outstanding period of growth in the last two decades, but is now facing many challenges. These challenges vary from country to country, as well as region to region within each country.
It’s a week and a half after the massive tailings spill at Imperial Metals’ Mount Polley copper–gold mine in B.C.’s Cariboo region, and many unclear aspects of the disaster are coming into better focus.
The complete failure of the tailings dam at Imperial Metals’ Mount Polley copper–gold mine in Central B.C.’s Cariboo region on Aug. 4 is the most depressing thing to have happened in Canadian mining since the Bre-X Minerals…
VANCOUVER — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) says it might employ a little-used veto power to block development of the Pebble mine in Alaska’s Bristol Bay, the latest twist in a long battle over the proposed mine.
VANCOUVER — It’s a fight over oil, not metals or coal, but mineral explorers and developers across B.C. — indeed, across Canada — will watch closely to see how Enbridge fares in the battle to build the now-approved…
The Alberta government has slapped an environmental-protection order on Coal Valley Resources and Sherritt International (TSX: S) after last month’s waste-water spill in the Athabasca River.
In a market that has brought juniors and miners of every commodity to their knees, Patrick Evans is president and CEO of not one, but two high-flying diamond juniors. “There…
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