De Beers looks to push the innovation bar at Chidliak
In 2013, De Beers Canada turned down a chance to own a majority stake in Peregrine Diamonds’ Chidliak project in Nunavut. Five years later, it now owns the project outright….
Environment
Video: Clean mining panel tackles sustainability at PMF 2018
Industry players tackle clean mining at the 2018 Progressive Mine Forum in Toronto, presented by The Northern Miner and Canadian Mining Journal. Moderator: Richard Quarisa, The Northern Miner staff writer….
Interview: No need for alarmism in discussing mineral supply, says Simon Jowitt
VANCOUVER — Simon Jowitt is an associate professor of economic geology at the University of Nevada at Las Vegas, who researches mineral economics, environmental issues, and the use of mining waste as…
Gov’t commissioned review condemns BC’s ‘professional reliance’ model
VANCOUVER — Big changes to the way B.C.’s mining sector is regulated may be on the way. At least that’s the signal given by a newly released, provincial government-commissioned report…
Commentary: Humanity ‘living on borrowed time’ as ‘cheap metals’ disappear, says Ross Beaty
The following are edited remarks made by mining entrepreneur Ross Beaty during a panel session at the Resources for Future Generations conference in Vancouver in June. When it comes to…
B2Gold inaugurates solar plant at Otjikoto in Namibia
At the end of May, B2Gold (TSX: BTO; NYSE-AM: BTG) officially opened a 7-megawatt solar power plant at its Otjikoto mine in Namibia. The solar plant is one of the…
Video: Responsible Mining panel discussion at CMS 2018
Responsible Mining Panel: What it means and how it will define our industry going forward. Recorded live at the Canadian Mining Symposium in London on April 25, 2018. Moderator: Andrew…
TNM Video: Ross Beaty criticizes the burning of oil and gas at CMS 2018
In this clip, iconic mining entrepreneur Ross Beaty, chairman of Pan American Silver and Equinox Gold, criticizes the burning of fossil fuels in a fireside chat with CopperBank Resources executive…
Nouveau Monde plans all-electric mine in Quebec
Nouveau Monde Graphite (TSXV: NOU) wants to build an all-electric, open-pit mine that will have a carbon neutral footprint at its Matawinie project in Quebec, 120 km north of Montreal. A…
Editorial: New environmental assessment rules proposed for Canada
On Feb. 8 Canada’s Environment and Climate Change Minister Catherine McKenna introduced the 341-page Bill C-69, which seeks to comprehensively alter the current federal legislation guiding the environmental review and…
Vanadium a ‘metal to watch’ in 2018, Hallgarten’s Ecclestone says
Prices for vanadium — a minor metal traditionally used to strengthen steel, and more recently a key component in new battery technology that could store electricity from solar and wind…
Letter to the editor: A better suggestion for parkland in northern Manitoba
The Manitoba Saskatchewan Prospectors and Developers Association (MSPDA) takes the strong view that while it agrees with Stephen Fletcher’s view that a creating a new national park on Manitoba’s Nickel…