Members of the National Council of Canadians stopped in at Williams Lake and Fish Lake recently, where they met with the Xeni Gwet’in First Nation and talked about the impact of the proposed Prosperity Mine (more…)
Concerns raised about Minto mine’s water discharge orders
The Yukon government says it’s not worried about an emergency order allowing the Minto mine to discharge waste water, but a First Nation near the mine wants a hearing into the matter (more…)
Big bucks going to waste
Rankin Inlet hamlet council has, more or less, approved an application to build a new tank farm on the most expensive piece of real estate in Rankin, if not all of Nunavut.
Now don’t get me wrong, there’s absolutely nothing wrong with having additional storage tanks and, if private enterprise can do it, more power to [...]
Bankrupt mine company ordered to clean up acid
More on the Redcorp case. Here we have some numbers – acid isn’t their only problem; there’s plenty of metal leakage as well.
Vancouver-based Redcorp to ask court for bankruptcy extension
Redcorp Ventures Ltd. and subsidiary Redfern Resources was planning to clean up the acid leaking out of the old 1950s Tulsequah Chief mine as it redeveloped [...]
Redcorp ordered to clean up B.C. mine
Another bankrupt mine shirking from its environmental duties. If these people knew about CleanRocks, and saw the monetary potential of their waste, this wouldn’t occur very often at all.
Environment Canada has directed insolvent Redcorp Ventures Ltd. to immediately stop acid discharges at the Tulsequah Chief mine in northwestern British Columbia.
The company has been operating under [...]
Discussion of Tailings at Minerals North 2009
Minerals North is an annual conference held in Canada, discussing the present state of the minerals industry. Here is an excerpt:
Tim Bekhuys of AMEC Earth and Environmental spoke on environmentally responsible closure planning.
Bekhuys said that closure planning is important because of the legacy left by old orphaned and abandoned mine sites.
“Closure planning is very important [...]
Contamination from landfill site, Kam Kotia tailings among threats
There are roughly 1,300 threats to the drinking water in the Mattagami Region.
An R. J. Burnside representative, Dwight Smikle, said the Ministry of the Environment has provided guidance to determine how significant the threats are and what the risk is.
He spoke to the Mattagami Region Source Protection Committee last night at the Royal Canadian Legion [...]
Mining: Sh*t happens but you move on
This article highlights many of the problems associated with environmental cleanup. Who is responsible?
The importance of the Cleanrocks approach becomes clear. Action will be taken on cleaning up mines when everybody involved benefits – companies, governments and societies
The saga of a contaminated mine.
Canada’s mining industry has a long history of leaving messes behind for [...]
Environment Canada forced to reveal full extent of pollution from mines
Mining companies have long had a loophole in federal environmental right-to-know law that no other industry enjoys. Environment Canada has exempted them from having to track the full extent of the pollution their operations cause.
But a Federal Court ruling issued on Thursday will force Environment Canada to collect from the industry and divulge to [...]