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Nine local youth receive bronze & silver Duke of Edinburgh’s Awards

1 of 2Greg Belland, General Manager Teck Trail Operations greets Achievers2 of 2Nine youth presented with the Duke of Edinburgh’s Bronze and Silver Aw

Keith Powell •
Education

The light at the end of a narrowing tunnel

Miners and the public interact at the 2014 Silver Summit conference in Spokane, Washington. — Robert Hawkins photo The historic and uniquely beautifu

Robert Hawkins •
British Columbia

Contract awarded for dam safety inspection review

Tailing dam at Highland Valley Cooper near Kamloops. — Photo courtesy Tailings.info The Ministry of Energy and Mines has selected Hatch Ltd. to assis

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British Columbia

Alarm or Alarmist—Flathead Beacon raises concern over BC Coal Mining

University of Montana Scientist Erin Sexton. — Photo courtesy University of Montana The same week that Teck Coal received environmental approval from

Keith Powell •
British Columbia

Proposed Westcoast Connector Gas Transmission Project receives Environmental Assessment Certificate

Westcoast Connector Gas Transmission Project continues to advance. Spectra Energy (NYSE: SE) today announced that its proposed Westcoast Connector Ga

Keith Powell •
British Columbia

Teck’s Elk Valley Water Quality Plan approved

Following substantial input from regional, federal, Ktunaxa Nation Council, and Montana and United States experts, an Area Based Management Plan sub

Keith Powell •
Mining Insider

B&W PGG Canada ships one of the largest components ever in Saskatchewan

On November 17th and 18th, B&W Power Generation Group Canada Corp. delivered one of the largest components that ever shipped on Saskatchewan roads f

Keith Powell •
British Columbia

Industry Training Authority BC is changing its ways

Industry Training Authority CEO Gary Herman. — Jeff Vinnick photo courtesy of Industry Canada The Industry Training Authority (ITA), the British Co

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Mines

Game-changing new technology for mines

MineSense technology is installed in this 65 cubic yard Bucyrus wire rope shovel. — Photo courtesy of Andrew Bamber Vancouver, B.C.-based MineSense

Jessica Kirby •
Saskatchewan

Coal Association of Canada holds a successful conference in Vancouver

The official launch of the Boundary Dam carbon capture and storage facility in Estevan, Saskatchewan on October 2, 2014. — Photo courtesy of SaskPowe

Peter Caulfield •
Alberta

Perception study of Aboriginal Canadians reveals low opinion of Mining industry

Robert Simpson, President and CEO of PR Associates. CNW/ - A Canada-wide survey of Aboriginal Canadians who reside in rural/remote communities commis

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Global

Induction furnaces benefit gold smelting industry

1 of 1Electroheat Induction's smelting furnace. — photo courtesy of Electroheat InductionElectroheat Induction, based in New Jersey, has made the pro

Karen Kornelsen •
Mining Insider

Agnico Eagle Mines CEO says Amaruq discovery “one of the Company’s most exciting”

Amaruq gold project is located approximately 50 kilometres northwest of the Meadowbank mine in Nunavut. — Photo courtesy Agnico Eagle Agnico Eagle Mi

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News

Promithian Global Ventures, Inc. Board of Directors

Promithian Global Ventures, Inc. Board of Directors Company Officers/Directors Change Announcement | 11/19/2014 November 19, 2014 OTC Disclosure & News Service Salt Lake City, UT — This release includes additional documents. Select the link(s) below to view. Promithian Global Ventures, Inc. Corporate Update 11.18.2014 .pdf The post Promithian Global Ventures, Inc. Board of Directors appeared first on Promithian Global Ventures, Inc..

Global

Amec Foster Wheeler

Samir Brikho, Chief Executive of Amec Foster Wheeler, leads a new force in global engineering, project delivery, asset support, power equipment and co

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Mining Insider

CSE trading reaches 2 billion share volume

The Canadian Securities Exchange ("CSE" or the "Exchange") announced today that cumulative trading volume in 2014 has exceeded 2 Billion shares for

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Global

MOU brings new phase of Canada-China nuclear energy

CNW - Candu Energy today welcomed the November 8 signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between Natural Resources Canada and the China Natio

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Global

Veris Gold Corp. achieves monthly record ounce production at Jerritt Canyon in October 2014

A record 18,081 ounces of gold were produced for the month of October. — Photo courtesy Veris Gold Promotional Video Veris Gold Corp. (“Veris” or the

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Global

Switzerland’s solar sunflower

Airlight Energy and IBM Zurich will release the high-concentration photovoltaic thermal (HCPVT) system known as the solar sunflower for commercial pro

Jessica Kirby •
British Columbia

Salmo’s contaminated site under remediation

Residents of Salmo and district have long been concerned about contamination from old mine tailings, that stretches back to early day of mining in t

Keith Powell •
Manitoba

Hudbay and VMS Ventures open the Reed copper mine

A grand opening ceremony was held September 16, 2014, at the Reed Lake site. — photo courtesy VMS Ventures VMS Ventures, based in Vancouver, B.C., he

Jessica Kirby •
British Columbia

Geology advocate to present at Mineral Exploration Roundup

Andy Randell teaches the Environmental Restoration class at the British Columbia Institute of Technology about geology and mine permitting. — photo co

Jessica Kirby •
British Columbia

BC’s Mine Minister visits Alaska

BC’s Mines Minister Bill Bennett met with Alaskan Senator Lisa Murkowski last week. British Columbia’s Energy Minister and Kootenay MLA Bill Bennett

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British Columbia

AME BC Speaker Series—Randy Smallwood - “Portfolio Optimization: The Streaming Approach”

Randy Smallwood, President and Chief Executive Officer of Silver Wheaton. The AME BC Speaker Series is a networking lunch event held three times a ye

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