Tag Archives: mining
Major new pipelines and mines must show path to ‘net zero’ to get approved
OTTAWA — Proposals for new mines, power plants, pipelines or railways in Canada will have to include plans to hit "net zero" emissions by 2050 if they have any hope of getting approved. But the new rules, contained in the government's
Indigenous advocate files charges against Imperial Metals over biggest mining spill in Canada
By Amy Chen Indigenous advocate Bev Sellars filed private charges against Mount Polley Mining Corporation (Imperial Metals) at the Provincial Court of British Columbia this afternoon in Vancouver, as victims mark the third anniversary of the Mt Polley Mine disaster
‘Barrick Gold’ Baird rules out Tory leadership run
John Baird, who resigned as Minister of Foreign Affairs to take a job as an advisor with a corporation that received subsidies for its mining operations from the Harper government during the time he was in the Cabinet, has ruled
Ontarians get only 75c for every million dollars De Beers makes mining diamonds in Ontario
By Concerned Ontarian We found out yesterday that De Beers paid only $226 in royalties to the Ontario government for the company’s diamond mining operation in the province, thanks to an investigation by CBC’s Rita Celli. The reason that Celli