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Miners upping sustainability practices: report

Miners upping sustainability practices: report

Canadian miners are upping their sustainability practices, according to the Mining Association of Canada (MAC)’s eighth annual Towards Sustainable Mining Progress Report, released this morning.
B.C. company takes on cotton industry with high-tech flax

B.C. company takes on cotton industry with high-tech flax

After years in R, Crailar Technologies has landed the backing it needs to launch commercial sales of an environmentally friendly alternative to cotton
Band pushes gas industry water licence moratorium

Band pushes gas industry water licence moratorium

First Nation demands impact studies and alternatives to use of huge volumes of water

Fragile state of global platinum could be good news for Canada

Months of unrest have decimated South African platinum output
Barkerville shareholder petitions for AGM

Barkerville shareholder petitions for AGM

A shareholder has this morning filed a court petition against Vancouver-based Barkerville Gold Mines Ltd. (TSX-V:BGM), which has attracted market and regulator skepticism in recent months over an alleged massive gold discovery.
New schools to generate talent, profile for Vancouver miners

New schools to generate talent, profile for Vancouver miners

Industry welcomes UBC earth sciences expansion, new responsible mining institute
Mining for workers

Mining for workers

Experts weigh in on B.C. investment in skills training to support future mining boom
Asian flavour

Asian flavour

B.C. mining companies are looking to strike it big on the world’s biggest continent
A long, short journey

A long, short journey

Fifty years in the mining industry hasn’t seemed like work at all

Hot topics in mining disclosure

Securities regulators are looking critically at scientific and technical disclosure generally, and the use of preliminary economic assessments and inclusion of inferred resources in economic analyses specifically