Manitoba
Remediating mine tailings and recovering gold
1 of 4This photo from September 2010 shows the new Britannia Mine head frame, with ARS stockpile on the right and acid mine drainage in the...
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British Columbia
Operating with respect for the land
Duz Cho construction was involved in many aspects of the construction work at the Mount Milligan Site. — Photo courtesy Duz Cho Construction...
British Columbia
Working Together to Protect the Elk Valley Watershed
Effects on the Elk River are among the recent concerns regarding the effects of mining in the area. — Steve Short photo At Teck, we take our...
Global
Mining4Life has raised over $11 million for charity
1 of 4Mining industry movers and shakers come together during PDAC for a friendly game of Texas Hold’em poker. — Photo courtesy Mining4Life...
British Columbia
A B.C. company continues its research into environmentally sound mining techniques
1 of 3Kemetco continues research and development in cyanide-free gold mining. — Photo courtesy Kemetco Research2 of 3The pilot project of Am...
British Columbia
Work on the Kitimat Modernization Project is going strong
1 of 4The modernized Kitimat smelter will utilize Rio Tinto Alcan’s proprietary AP40 pre-bake technology, like the Alma aluminum smelter in...
Sustainability & Environment
Bardusan Placers is a leader in environmental stewardship
Premier Darrell Pasloski (far left) at the Yukon Geoscience Forum awards banquet with Energy Mines & Resources Minister Brad Cathers (centre...
First Nations
Yukon Zinc receives a second Robert E. Leckie Award
Yukon Zinc's chairman and CEO, Jing You Lu (L) accepts the company's Robert E. Leckie Award alongside Brad Cathers, Yukon's minister of ener...
British Columbia
A sand-and-gravel company wins for reclamation
1 of 5L to R: Al Hoffman, chief inspector of mines from the Ministry of Energy, Mines and Natural Gas; Linsey Postill Johannson and Jamie Jo...
British Columbia
Planning for a mine’s closure—before it opens
1 of 3Thompson Creek Metals Company Inc.'s Mount Milligan open-pit, copper-gold mine has a compact design and is being constructed on a foot...
First Nations
Consultation before action is critical
Bob Joseph is the founder and president of Indigenous Corporate Training Inc., which helps individuals and organizations work more effective...
British Columbia
Alexco transforms the Keno Hill Silver District with environmental technologies
1 of 2The Bellekeno Mine area and broader Keno Hill Silver District hold decades of potential, Alexco officials believe. — Photo courtesy Al...
Ontario
Vale breaks ground on a leading-edge project at Copper Cliff
1 of 3Groundbreaking for Vale's Clean AER Project was on June 22, 2012; (L to R) Dr. David Pearson (member of the Premier’s Advisory Panel o...
Mines
New clean mining association is formed
Artillery Peak in Arizona, site of American Manganese's deposit. The company is a member of the new Clean Mining Alliance. — Photo courtesy...
British Columbia
Teck plans a Line Creek water treatment facility
1 of 2JP Bechtold speaks at the West Line Creek project Phase II open house on April 18, 2012, at the Sparwood Causeway Bay Hotel. — Brielle...
British Columbia
What is a mining consultant?
McElhanney Consulting Services Ltd.'s Prince George branch is currently involved in resource road design for Copper Fox Metals Inc.'s Schaft...
British Columbia
From A to zinc: Teck helps prevent disease in the developing world
1 of 3A mother and child visit a health post in Senegal to learn about the best way to treat the child’s diarrhea. — Photo courtesy Micronut...
Alberta
Alberta’s Industrial Heartland
1 of 7Cranes at work during the construction of the Shell Scotford bitumen upgrader project. This project was completed in 2011 and adds 100...
British Columbia
Playing an important role
Michelle Unger, an environmental scientist with Teck, does remediation work at the Sullivan Mine site in Kimberley, B.C. — Ryan Peterson pho...
British Columbia
Will we have enough water?
1 of 3The Horn River in northeastern British Columbia. — Photo courtesy BC Oil and Gas Commission2 of 3The annual runoff in the Horn River b...
Minerals
Even better the second time around
1 of 3Historical mining activity at the Bellekeno Mine area. — Photo courtesy of Alexco Resource Corporation2 of 3The new 400-tonnes-per-day...
Alberta
Transforming tailings management in Alberta’s oilsands
1 of 3Closeup of solidified tailings from an oilsands mine. — Photo courtesy Suncor Energy2 of 3Suncor’s TRO process helps quickly transform...
Education
From moonscape to greenscape
1 of 6(L to R) Mayor Marianne Matichuk, Jody Kuzenko - general manager, sustainability, North Atlantic region, Vale; Dominic Giroux - presid...
British Columbia
Decar project holds groundbreaking potential
Peter Bradshaw, First Point Minerals' president and CEO (L), and Trevor Rabb, project geologist, examine the discovery outcrop on the Baptis...