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Workers block First Majestic Silver’s Mexico mine

Workers block First Majestic Silver’s Mexico mine

Vancouver-based First Majestic Silver Corp (TSX:FR) revealed May 24 a group of unionized workers halted activities and blocked accesses at the company’s La Encantada silver mine in Mexico, causing shares in the Mexico-focused company to dip slightly.
Panel recommends breakup of Canada’s National Energy Board

Panel recommends breakup of Canada’s National Energy Board

Future pipeline debates might be about light oil from Alberta, B.C., not oilsands bitumen
Thinking small pays off for liquefied natural gas firm

Thinking small pays off for liquefied natural gas firm

Multibillion-dollar export projects stalled, but smaller companies developing local market
Coal transfer facility challenged in federal Court

Coal transfer facility challenged in federal Court

Court is asked to overturn Vancouver Port Authority's approval of Fraser Surrey Docks coal project
First Quantum Minerals to commission $5.5b Panama copper project in just months

First Quantum Minerals to commission $5.5b Panama copper project in just months

Vancouver’s First Quantum Minerals (TSE:FM) is just a few months away from commissioning its massive $5.48 billion copper project in Panama, one of the largest of very few new red metal mines to begin production by the end of the decade.
B.C. mining industry ‘cautiously optimistic’ about outlook: PwC

B.C. mining industry ‘cautiously optimistic’ about outlook: PwC

The mining industry in British Columbia recorded its highest net revenue since 2012 last year, according to a PwC Canada report released May 16, and this has led the industry to feel cautiously optimistic about the future.
Water to rise as top export: economist

Water to rise as top export: economist

Canadian energy and utility regulators face massive disruptions in the coming decades
Natural gas tarred as ‘the new coal’

Natural gas tarred as ‘the new coal’

Regulators ponder future of resource
CAPP warns oil tanker moratorium too broad

CAPP warns oil tanker moratorium too broad

An oil tanker moratorium ostensibly aimed at killing the Northern Gateway project is broader than expected and could have an impact on oil and gas producers in B.c.’s Montney formation in northeaster B.C.
Lucara sells fragment of massive diamond for $18m

Lucara sells fragment of massive diamond for $18m

Vancouver’s Lucara Diamond (TSX:LUC), the company that hit the jackpot in 2015 after finding the world’s second-largest diamond, just got $17.5 million for a piece that broke from that rock, the now historic 1,109-carat “Lesedi La Rona.”.” The 373.