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Mining deal value and volume down: Ernst Young

Mining deal value and volume down: Ernst Young

Both the volume and the dollar value of mining deals in Canada fell in 2012, according to the results of an Ernst & Young report released this morning.
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Masked arsonists attack Vancouver miner Eldorado subsidiary’s Greek gold mine

Close to 40 masked intruders stormed into the facilities of a gold mine project in northern Greece Sunday morning, setting machinery and offices on fire, according to media reports.
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Boss Power “won’t be overly difficult”: bureaucrat

Email shows commissioner trying to smooth waters
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Exclusive: FOI investigation sheds light on political manoeuvring behind B.C.'s 2008 uranium moratorium

Exclusive: FOI investigation sheds light on political manoeuvring behind B.C.'s 2008 uranium moratorium

Documents obtained by BIV track the implementation of a policy that cost B.C. taxpayers a $30 million settlement with Boss Power and stalled future uranium exploration in the province
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B.C. wineries continue steady growth in wider world

B.C. wineries continue steady growth in wider world

Sales of BC VQA wines to Alberta and other regions on the rise
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Vancouver firm gets $2.8m to develop pesticide-reduction technology

Vancouver firm gets $2.8m to develop pesticide-reduction technology

Vancouver’s semiosBIO has announced that it has received a $2.8 million investment to demonstrate a pest-management system that can potentially reduce pesticide use in Canadian orchards.
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Vancouver junior miner strikes deal with vanadium battery maker

Vancouver junior miner strikes deal with vanadium battery maker

A Vancouver junior miner that is developing a vanadium mine in Nevada has inked an agreement with a German company that it hopes will give it a stake in the rapidly growing mass-storage battery market.
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Province's PR spin dodges compensation questions

Q sidesteps key issues
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B.C. Budget 2013: Mixed reviews from mining sector

B.C. Budget 2013: Mixed reviews from mining sector

B.C.’s just-released budget has triggered mixed reviews in the mining sector.
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Alterrus performs vertical crop-growing trials with U.K. processing firm

Alterrus performs vertical crop-growing trials with U.K. processing firm

A major U.K. food-processing company has its eye on the technology that Vancouver-headquartered Alterrus Systems Inc. (CNSX:ASI)(OTCQB:ASIUF) has developed as part of its VertiCrop urban crop-growing system.
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