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…)
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 [...]
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 [...]