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B.C. halts new jade mining in northwest, five-year transition for existing operations
British Columbia has prohibited mining activities on new jade tenures in the northwest, while setting a five-year transition period for existing operators. Pieces of nephrite jade are shown at a mine site in northwestern B.C. in July 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Tahltan Central Government, *MANDATORY CREDIT*
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Panama to bar First Quantum from mining copper during shutdown
FILE PHOTO: View of the Cobre Panama mine, of Canadian First Quantum Minerals, in Donoso, Panama, December 6, 2022. REUTERS/Aris Martínez/File Photo
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Statistics Canada says trade surplus up in February as gold exports hit record high
Statistics Canada says the country's merchandise trade surplus increased to $1.4 billion in February as exports of gold hit an all-time high. A truck carries a cargo container at the Port of Vancouver in Vancouver, on Friday, October 14, 2022.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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Globe Climate: In B.C., taxpayers are at risk to cover mining cleanup costs
Acid mine drainage runs through a culvert from the Tulsequah Chief Mine, in British Columbia. The Tulsequah Chief Mine is no longer corporately owned and is in receivership by the British Columbian government to be remediated and environmentally cleaned up. The Tulsequah Chief Mine has been polluting acid mine drainage into the Tulsequah River since the mine closed in 1951. The Tulsequah River, and the greater Taku River watershed, support all five species of pacific salmon and commercial, sport and subsistence fisheries in Alaska and British Columbia. The Taku River watershed is the largest unprotected wilderness area on the west coast of North America that has all five species of pacific salmon with no major development along its banks.
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Ottawa to accelerate critical mineral mining, energy minister says
FILE PHOTO: Canada's Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Jonathan Wilkinson speaks during Question Period in the House of Commons, on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada September 19, 2023. REUTERS/Blair Gable/File Photo
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Boom in Southern Quebec mining claims, including under people’s homes, causes anxiety
A mining claim boom is on in Quebec, as prospectors anticipate growing demand for minerals used in batteries, but in the province's south it has spooked residents and municipalities who are now looking for reform. A container of lithium carbonate sits in a shipping warehouse at a lithium facility, in Silver Peak, Nev., Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022.THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-John Locher
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Gold miners bring fresh wave of suffering to Brazil’s Yanomami
Illegal miners are caught using jets of water to dig for gold, damaging the soil by the edge of the Couto de Magalhaes river, during an operation by members of the Special Inspection Group from the Brazilian Institute of Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (IBAMA) against illegal mining in Yanomami Indigenous land, Roraima state, Brazil, December 3, 2023. The destruction of the rainforest was evident from gaping pits some five meters (16 ft) deep in mining sites cleared of trees, along with dozens of ponds where dredged sludge was pumped into rivers, turning pristine waters a bright orange from the mud. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino SEARCH "MARCELINO BRAZIL YANOMAMI" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES.
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Ontario First Nation chiefs ask for moratorium on mining claims
The Chiefs of Ontario are calling on the province for a one-year moratorium on mining claim-stakings. A stream runs along the outskirts of Neskantaga First Nation in Neskantaga, Ont., Sunday, Aug. 20, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
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Swedish battery maker Northvolt looks at sourcing cobalt from Congo
General view outside the Northvolt facility in Vasteras, Sweden, September 29, 2021. Picture taken September 29, 2021. REUTERS/Helena Soderpalm./File Photo
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Major miners pledge no exploration-related activities at world heritage sites
FILE PHOTO: The logo of copper miner Freeport-McMoRan Inc is displayed on their offices in Phoenix, Arizona, U.S. June 30, 2022. REUTERS/Ernest Scheyder/File Photo
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Collapse of goldmine in Tanzania kills 22, official says
An Acacia Mining operation mine in northeast Tanzania.
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For Marten Falls First Nation, economic reconciliation begins and ends in the Ring of Fire
Across the Albany River from the Marten Falls First Nation, the sky glows red as the sun sets in the northern Ontario community on Dec. 13, 2023. Marten Falls FN sits at the confluence of the Albany and Ogoki Rivers. (Fred Lum/The Globe and Mail)
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Nine dead after armed men raid Peru’s Ponderosa mine
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Dutch court orders Greenpeace activists to leave Canada-based deep-sea mining ship in South Pacific
Greenpeace activists hold banners during a protest against the deep sea mining vessel Hidden Gem, commissioned by Canadian miner The Metals Company, in the Mexican Pacific port of Manzanillo, in Manzanillo, Mexico September 27, 2023. Gustavo Graf/Greenpeace Mexico/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY.
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Canadian critical minerals miner Foran raising $200-million, a rare financing for a junior company
Bank towers are seen from Bay Street in Toronto's financial district on Wednesday, June 16, 2010. Signs of economic slowdown are growing, and Canadian banks could add more this upcoming week. The Big Six banks are set to report fourth quarter results that analysts expect to show earnings down, more money set aside for iffy loans, and hints of rising mortgage strain.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrien Veczan
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Global dividends slide in Q3 as miners drag
A post office worker stands in front of an electronic stock board showing Japan's Nikkei 225 index at a securities firm in Tokyo, on Nov. 6.
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Globe Climate: Canada’s lost opportunity to finance the critical minerals revolution
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How Canada – and Bay Street – squandered the chance to finance the critical minerals revolution
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Canada wants to be a global leader in critical minerals. Why is Australia eating our lunch?
View of Rio Tinto Alcan smelter from Kitimat Village, Kitimat, BC. (10-05-2023)