British Columbia
Thompson Creek Metals wins mine reclamation award
Jonathan Buchanan, director, Information and Public Affairs for the Association for Mineral Exploration British Columbia (AME BC) — Photo: R...
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British Columbia is a province with a rich mining history and a wealth of mining potential yet undiscovered. Early mining operations brought gold and coal to the surface; today, these and many other valuable minerals are bringing prosperity to B.C. communities.
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Lucky strikes: Early days in British Columbia’s mining industry
The settlement of Britannia Beach, one of two bases for the Britannia Mining and Smelting Company. — Photo: Britannia Mine Museum For more t...
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10 Ways to Immerse Yourself in British Columbia’s Rich Mining Past
The Britannia Mine Museum lets you explore this former copper mine along B.C.’s Pacific coast. — Photo: Britannia Mine Museum Tug on a headl...
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Kootenay Zinc Corp. sponsors Sullivan Core Shack Display
The Sullivan Core Shack will be a museum level display of ore and rock specimens as well as drill core from Sullivan mine and surrounding ar...
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Rock Star: Nalaine Morin, EP
Nalaine Morin, principal with ArrowBlade Consulting, works to bridge First Nations traditional knowledge with western science in development...
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MX Gold announces proposed purchase of WestKam Gold Corp.‘s Bonaparte property
The Bonaparte property is located in close proximity to Kamloops, B.C. — Photo: WestKam Gold Corp. Vancouver, B.C. - MX Gold Corp. (TSX-V: M...
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Teck Trail announces $174 million for new acid plant
A previously completed acid plant that Teck installed in 2014. — Photo: Teck Trail/LCIC Teck Metals Ltd. (“Teck”) announced on January 2, 21...
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Conuma Coal re-opens second mine near Tumbler Ridge, B.C.
Conuma expects to have the Wolverine Mine operating at full production levels by April, exporting 1.5 million tonnes of metallurgical coal a...
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Karina Brino: MABC President and CEO named a WXN 2016 Top 100 Canada’s Most Powerful Women
Karina Brino, President and CEO of The Mining Association of B.C. — Photo: MABC In November of 2016, The Mining Association of B.C. announce...
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Talking energy with Greg Reimer
Greg ReimerCanadian Mining and Energy magazine publisher Keith Powell continues his podcast series with an interview with Greg Reimer, BC Hy...
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Teck Trail operations completes $35 million investment to improve community air quality
The newly completed Smelter Recycle building at Teck's Trail operation. — Photo: Teck Teck Trail Operations has completed construction on th...
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IDM Mining says Red Mountain project in Golden Triangle on track
Mike McPhie, executive chairman of IDM Mining. — Photo: IDM Mining IDM Mining recently reported an update on its work on a Feasibility Study...
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Teck announces $285US Q1 coal benchmark—new collective agreements at Elkview & Fording River
Teck is a diversified resource company committed to responsible mining and mineral development with major business units focused on copper,...
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One on one with Sergio Marchi (Part 2)
Sergio Marchi Sergio Marchi, president and CEO of the Canadian Electricity Association, was a recent guest at a Cranbrook Chamber of Commerc...
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One on one with the Sergio Marchi (part 1)
Sergio Marchi Sergio Marchi, president and CEO of the Canadian Electricity Association, was a recent guest at a Cranbrook Chamber of Commerc...
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Crude oil tanker moratorium on British Columbia’s north coast
A proposed moratorium area, outlined in red, shows where ships will be prohibited from entering or leaving ports or marine installations. —...
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Barkerville Gold Mines enters into relationship agreement with Lhtako Dene First Nation
Barkerville Gold Mines Ltd., owns the Cariboo Gold Project, located in the recognized traditional territory of the Lhtako Dene First Nation....
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Federal government issues key water licence for Seabridge Gold’s KSM Project
The licence was granted for a term of 25 years under the International Rivers Improvements Regulations. — Photo: seabridgegold.net TORONTO,...
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Golden Dawn announces closing of Greenwood property acquisition
The company's Greenwood mill facility. — Photo: Golden Dawn Minerals Inc. Wolf Wiese, CEO of Golden Dawn Minerals Inc., recently announces t...
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Magnetite to be shipped by truck from Montana to Elk Valley coal mines
Using a combination of trains and trucks, magnetite will be shipped to the Elk Valley coal mines from Montana. — Photo: Flickr/Misson Mounta...
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A successful sunny garden
Taken by a drone, this aerial shot of Nelson Hydro's Bonnington generating station shows the clearcut (upper right) where the solar garden h...
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Rock Star: John Francis Hugh Thompson
Arctic field work north of 60. — AJB Thompson photo Though the geological lifestyle is promising, it isn't just the sparkling road to prospe...
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Association for Mineral Exploration polishes up its corporate identity
Dave Porter (L), CEO of First Nations Energy and Mining Council (FNEMC), with Gavin C. Dirom, president and CEO of the Association for Miner...
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Copper Mountain records best quarterly results since start-up
Copper Mountain Mining Corporation's open-pit operation near Princeton, B.C., averaged 173,100 tonnes of material per day during the third q...