Resources & Agriculture

The Supreme Court of Western Australia has approved the merger scheme between CGA Mining Limited (TSX:CGA, ASX: CGX) and Vancouver’s B2Gold Corp. (TSX:BTO, OTCQX:BGLPF, NSX:B2G), CGA announced this morning.

Just days before the January 20 anniversary of last year’s fatal Burns Lake mill explosion and fire, the BC Safety Authority (BCSA) today released nine sawmill safety recommendations following its investigation into the incident.

Copper Mountain’s hall of fame inductee looks back on five decades in B.C.’s mining sector

In contrast with yesterday's loud Enbridge protests, First Nations have joined with artists and conservation groups to create a large art installation in downtown Vancouver as a visual expression of their opposition to the Northern Gateway pipeline and tanker traffic in B.C.

Unionized workers at the idled Springer Creek Forest Products sawmill in Slocan have agreed to a settlement in lieu of severance in the hope the mill may restart.

Richmond company turns page on new chapter as it emerges from creditor protection

Vancouver's First Quantum (TSX:FM) and Toronto's Inmet Mining (TSX:IMN) are caught in a correspondence cross fire as both companies issued letters regarding the $5.1 billion hostile takeover bid for Inmet, reports MINING.com.

Opponents of Enbridge's Northern Gateway pipeline are planning to rally at Victory Square this afternoon as the company's environmental assessment and Energy Board hearings open in Vancouver.

The B.C. government has granted a conditional environmental assessment certificate to Creek Power Inc. for the $420 million Upper Lillooet hydro project.

Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P.’s (NYSE:KMP) Trans Mountain Pipeline ULC has announced plans to increase the capacity of its proposed expansion of the Trans Mountain pipeline, which supplies oil and petroleum products from the Albertan oil sands to the Chevron refinery in Burnaby.