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…
Environment
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…
Commentary: SCC decision on Peel watershed in Yukon another win for First Nations
First Nations have just won an important lawsuit at the Supreme Court of Canada on account that the Yukon government had tried to do an end-run on their land claim…
MLA Steven Fletcher: Don’t create national park on Thompson Nickel Belt extension
The following is an edited transcript of Steven Fletcher — Independent Member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba for Assiniboia and a Conservative Member of the Canadian Parliament from 2004–15…
Free ticket contest: Koneline film screening in Edmonton, Sept. 9-10
The Northern Miner is proud to be co-presenter of the Edmonton premiere commercial screening of the documentary film KONELINE: Our Land Beautiful on Sept. 9-10, 2017. This visually stunning film…
Commentary: Mining industry should use less water
Environmental responsibilities loom large over the mining industry, forcing mine operators, shareholders and regulators to minimize the impact of mines on the surrounding land and communities, and rethink water management….
Editorial: Environmental review report out of touch with Canadian mining realities
Last August, the Trudeau-led federal government in Canada kicked off a wide-ranging review of the federal environmental assessment process for resource projects by appointing a four-person panel to carry out…
Northern Dynasty, EPA settle dispute over Pebble
VANCOUVER — Northern Dynasty Minerals (TSX: NDM; NYSE-MKT: NAK) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have ended their longstanding dispute over the federal agency’s decision to block development of…
Northern Dynasty sinks on short-seller’s report
VANCOUVER — Shares of Northern Dynasty Minerals (TSX: NDM; NYSE-MKT: NAK) have fallen 58% to $1.82 at press time after a short-seller’s report on Feb. 13 that claims the company’s Pebble…
OceanaGold hits headwinds in the Philippines
If anyone needed a reminder of the importance of diversifying risk, they need look no further than OceanaGold’s (TSX: OGC) news flow over the last two months. At the end…