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Details about the provincial government’s strategy for critical minerals are starting to emerge, but so are questions about its environmental ethics. (Illustration courtesy the Mining Association of B.C.)

Some dig, others bury first phase of B.C.’s critical minerals strategy

Push for more mining to fight of climate change raises environmental questions

 

B.C. must have a “competitive fiscal and regulatory policy framework” to take full advantage of mining critical minerals used in the production of green technologies. (Illustration courtesy Mining Association of B.C.)

‘Generational’ opportunity for B.C. hangs in balance: mining industry leader

Mining Association of British Columbia’s Michael Goehring calls for shorter permitting times

 

Myra Falls Mine Community Transition Team will be releasing a document to help employees and business affected by the shudown of the operation. Photo contributed

Myra Falls Community Transition Team gets down to business, mayor reports

Transition document expected in the next few days

 

The Myra Falls Mine near Campbell River has been placed under long-term closure. Photo contributed

Myra Falls Mine parent company closes operation, lays off workers

Mine seeks creditor protection to enable restructuring and reopening ‘sometime in the future’

The Myra Falls Mine near Campbell River has been placed under long-term closure. Photo contributed

Canadian mining company starts arbitration in case of closed Panama copper mine

Panama’s Supreme Court declared legislation granting the mine a 20-year concession was unconstitutional

Seven suspected illegal miners were confirmed dead and more than 20 others were missing and presumed dead after heavy rains caused landslides that buried them inside tunnels they had been digging at a copper mine in Zambia, police and local authorities said Saturday. (File photo)

7 suspected illegal miners dead, 20 others missing in Zambia landslide

The southern African nation is among the 10 biggest copper producers in the world

Seven suspected illegal miners were confirmed dead and more than 20 others were missing and presumed dead after heavy rains caused landslides that buried them inside tunnels they had been digging at a copper mine in Zambia, police and local authorities said Saturday. (File photo)
Protesters celebrate as they learn that Panama's Supreme Court has declared unconstitutional a 20-year concession for a Canadian copper mine that had sparked weeks of protests, in Panama City, Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023. (AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco)

Panama court rules B.C.-owned copper mine unconstitutional

Dispute over open-pit mine led to some of Panama’s most widespread protests in recent years

Protesters celebrate as they learn that Panama's Supreme Court has declared unconstitutional a 20-year concession for a Canadian copper mine that had sparked weeks of protests, in Panama City, Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023. (AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco)
Sockeye salmon spawning in a clear groundwater channel. Location is in the Tulsequah subwatershed within the Taku watershed, B.C. (Credit: Jonathan Moore)

As glaciers retreat, mining claims threaten future B.C. salmon habitats: study

SFU researchers say environmental policies need to be more future-thinking as climate change progresses

Sockeye salmon spawning in a clear groundwater channel. Location is in the Tulsequah subwatershed within the Taku watershed, B.C. (Credit: Jonathan Moore)
A proposed sale would see Glencore aquire Teck Resources Ltd’s coal assets in the Elk Valley. File Photo.

‘Not our first rodeo’: Commitments key as B.C. reacts to $9B Teck coal sale

4 coal mines central to the purchase serve as the bedrock of the East Kootenay economy

A proposed sale would see Glencore aquire Teck Resources Ltd’s coal assets in the Elk Valley. File Photo.
A demonstrator waves a Panamanian national flag during a protest against a mining contract between the Panamanian government and the Canadian mining company First Quantum, in Panama City, Friday, Nov. 3, 2023. (AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco)

Canadian mine remains untouched as Panama president signs into law a moratorium

Minera Panama, a local subsidiary of a Canadian company, will still be able to operate an open-pit copper mine

A demonstrator waves a Panamanian national flag during a protest against a mining contract between the Panamanian government and the Canadian mining company First Quantum, in Panama City, Friday, Nov. 3, 2023. (AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco)
Cariboo Gold Project regional map

Reigniting B.C.’s Barkerville gold rush still requires some digging

Massive building prime point of contention with new Wells mine near Quesnel

Cariboo Gold Project regional map
Overview of the village of Wells. (Image by Friends of Responsible Economic Development in Wells)

B.C. gives green light for Cariboo Gold mine near historic gold rush town

Cariboo Gold is a proposed underground gold mine in Wells owned by Osisko Development Corp

Overview of the village of Wells. (Image by Friends of Responsible Economic Development in Wells)
A worker operates a truck as molten slag is poured into a container at PT Vale Indonesia’s nickel processing plant in Sorowako, South Sulawesi, Indonesia, Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023. Demand for critical minerals like nickel and cobalt is surging as climate change hastens a transition to renewable energy, boosting carbon emissions by miners and processors of such materials. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)

Mounting pressure from customers making some miners switch to renewable energy

Mining operations account for some 4%-7% of global greenhouse gas emissions

A worker operates a truck as molten slag is poured into a container at PT Vale Indonesia’s nickel processing plant in Sorowako, South Sulawesi, Indonesia, Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023. Demand for critical minerals like nickel and cobalt is surging as climate change hastens a transition to renewable energy, boosting carbon emissions by miners and processors of such materials. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)
Members of the Gitxaala Nation, including Chief Councillor Linda Innes, front right, march to B.C. Supreme Court in Vancouver, B.C., Monday, April 3, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Court rules B.C. must fix mineral claims system after Ehattesaht challenge

Judge says B.C. has a duty to consult, but rejects Indigenous bid to quash existing claims

Members of the Gitxaala Nation, including Chief Councillor Linda Innes, front right, march to B.C. Supreme Court in Vancouver, B.C., Monday, April 3, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
MSABC president and CEO Alec Morrison said the association is “very proud” of the campaign they’ve put out thus far, and hopes that the message and goals of making mining more climate-friendly will resonate with a wide audience. (Spotlight file photo)

B.C. mining suppliers working to make industry greener from pit to port

Heavy industries in Canada emitted over 500 megatons of greenhouse gas per year in the last 30 years

MSABC president and CEO Alec Morrison said the association is “very proud” of the campaign they’ve put out thus far, and hopes that the message and goals of making mining more climate-friendly will resonate with a wide audience. (Spotlight file photo)
Tests are underway by a Vancouver-based mining company to determine if there are sufficient amounts of valuable minerals in the waste-rock piles left from mining operations that took place there more than a century ago to be financially viable. Pictured is a photo from the old mining operations on the mountain. (BC Archives photo)

Company looking at potential mining on Cowichan’s Mount Sicker

Company testing waste rock from past operations for mineral value

Tests are underway by a Vancouver-based mining company to determine if there are sufficient amounts of valuable minerals in the waste-rock piles left from mining operations that took place there more than a century ago to be financially viable. Pictured is a photo from the old mining operations on the mountain. (BC Archives photo)
Michael Goehring, President of the Mining Association of B.C., says a new survey shows that the public digs the industry because of its role in fighting climate change.

Critical mineral chase may be opening B.C. up to new mining opportunities

Climate change has changed ‘conversation’ about mining in B.C., says head of industry association

Michael Goehring, President of the Mining Association of B.C., says a new survey shows that the public digs the industry because of its role in fighting climate change.
This April 14, 2011 file picture shows the Glencore headquarters in Baar, Switzerland. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Keystone, Urs Flueeler, file

UPDATED: Teck majority owner calls Glencore bid the wrong one at the wrong time

The sale of B.C.-based mining firm to a foreign buyer would be a loss for Canada, critics say

This April 14, 2011 file picture shows the Glencore headquarters in Baar, Switzerland. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Keystone, Urs Flueeler, file
The Hudbay Minerals Inc. logo is shown in a handout. The company says it has struck a deal to buy Copper Mountain Mining Corp. in an all-stock deal it valued at US$439 million. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO

Canadian firm strikes $439M deal to buy B.C. copper mine near Princeton

Hudbay Minerals strikes all-stock deal to buy Copper Mountain Mining

The Hudbay Minerals Inc. logo is shown in a handout. The company says it has struck a deal to buy Copper Mountain Mining Corp. in an all-stock deal it valued at US$439 million. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO
The Gitxaała First Nation Flag flies in Kitkatla in June 2022. (Photo: K-J Millar/The Northern View)

First Nation in Supreme Court trying to enforce B.C. ‘duty to consult’ on mineral rights

Legal action seeks to overturn mineral rights claims and suspend further claim in Gitxaała territory

The Gitxaała First Nation Flag flies in Kitkatla in June 2022. (Photo: K-J Millar/The Northern View)