Manitoba
MacLean manufacturing milestone celebrated 3,600 feet underground at Vale, Manitoba Operations
milestone celebrated 3,600 feet underground at Vale, Manitoba Operations. The commissioning of MacLean Engineering’s milestone 400th Series...
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British Columbia
PM Harper announces tax breaks for LNG industry in B.C.
BC Premier Christy Clark at the Minister's announcement. — Photo courtesy BC Government Flickr Canadian Press is reporting that Prime Minist...
British Columbia
More railway regulation will jeopardize Canada’s world-class system: MLI Report
The federal government in 2014 appointed a panel to review the legislation governing rail transportation in Canada. OTTAWA, Feb. 20, 2015 –...
British Columbia
First production of copper concentrate at Red Chris mine
The commissioning of the Red Chris mill is progressing well. Vancouver-based Imperial Metals Corporation (III-TSX) has announced the commiss...
British Columbia
UBC announces new Executive MBA in Strategic Mining Management
New 21-month EMBA designed exclusively for the mining industry. The NBK Institute and the Sauder School of Business have just launched an Ex...
Mining Insider
For the first time in Quebec, Canada: World Uranium Symposium
The World Uranium Symposium will be held for the first time in Quebec City, Canada. QUEBEC CITY, Feb. 19 2015 /CNW Telbec/ - The World Urani...
Mining Insider
Frac sand business is still booming; Select Sands develops fine mesh project close to wellheads
Select Sands’ USA property, "Sandtown" is actively mining Frac sand. According to a recent business article in Wisconsin’s Journal Sentinel,...
British Columbia
Environmental assessment certificate application review of proposed Fording River Operations
Open House and Invitation to Comment. — Photo courtesy Google Earth Teck Coal Limited (Teck) is proposing an extension, referred to as the S...
Mining Insider
Kennady Diamonds intercepts Kimberlite at NWT Kelvin property and gets private placement
Kennady Diamonds Inc. (“Kennady Diamonds,” the “Company”) (TSX-V: KDI) is pleased to announce that the latest Kelvin delineation drill hole...
British Columbia
Mineral explorers express support for BC Budget 2015
Gavin C. Dirom, President & CEO of AME BC (right) in a previous BC Government photo. The Association for Mineral Exploration British Columbi...
British Columbia
BCIT offers first-in-Canada Bachelor’s Degree in Mining and Mineral Resource Engineering
BCIT will be offering a new Bachelor of Engineering in Mining and Mineral Resource Engineering this Fall. — Photos courtesy BCIT Mining Prog...
British Columbia
Mount Polley mine owner served with search warrants
The owner of British Columbia’s Mount Polley mine, Imperial Metals, confirms it has been served with search warrants. The Canadian Press is...
British Columbia
Veris Gold Corp. obtains extension of CCAA stay period
The Shamrock zone on the Ketza River property on Veris Gold's projects. — Photo courtesy Veris Gold Veris Gold Corp. announced today that it...
Mining Insider
Brandt begins transit of 300-ton coal dragline boom
Brandt is delivering one of the largest projects it has ever undertaken-a first of its kind. — Photo courtesy Brandt Tractor Media Release B...
Mining Insider
Commerce Resources Corp. initiates drill program at the Ashram Rare Earth Deposit
Aurora Borealis at Eldor/Ashram Rare Earth Project. — Photo courtesy Commerce Resources Commerce Resources Corp. (TSXv: CCE, FSE: D7H) (the...
British Columbia
FortisBC finalizes LNG supply agreement with BC Ferries to fuel new vessels
FortisBC will provide up to 300,000 gigajoules of LNG per year. FortisBC – a subsidiary of Fortis Inc. (TSX:FTS) – announced today that it...
British Columbia
Great Lakes Graphite focuses on small manufacturers
Great Lakes Graphite Inc. is an industrial minerals company. — Graphic courtesy Great Lakes Graphite Great Lakes Graphite Inc. (TSXV: GLK; O...
British Columbia
MABC acknowledges Independent Expert Engineering Panel Report on Mount Polley
Mount Polley mine tailings dam failure was a serious incident. The Mining Association of B.C. (MABC) is currently reviewing the Independent...
Mining Insider
Women In Mining Canada have announced the winner of the 2015 WIM Canada “Trailblazer Award”
Betty-Ann Heggie is the winner of the 2015 Women in Mining Canada Trailblazer Award. Women in Mining Canada is announced the selection of Be...
Alberta
CanAm Coal diversifies with frac sand property purchase
Alabama-based coal mining company CanAm Coal Corp. has finalized plans to diversify its energy portfolio by purchasing a 100 per cent stake...
Alberta
Guest Editorial: Special interest groups erode Canada’s prosperity says Gwyn Morgan
Societies that don’t understand how their wealth is generated are destined to lose it. It’s been 30 years since Mancur Olson, the late Ameri...
British Columbia
Mining industry welcomes the release of BC’s independent panel report on Mount Polley
Independent panel member presents report on Mount Polley. Following today’s release of the BC Government-appointed independent panel’s repor...
British Columbia
Joint panel releases report on Mount Polley failure: Government to take immediate action
All operating mines with tailings storage facility dams to provide a letter by June 30, 2015. Minister of Energy and Mines Bill Bennett has...
British Columbia
Association of Mineral Exploration British Columbia (AME BC) names new Board of Directors
Nelson's John Murray was re-appointed to the AME BC Board. On behalf of the Board of Directors of the Association for Mineral Exploration Br...