Mining companies decry regulatory burden at N.W.T. committee meeting
The executive chair of mining development company NorZinc Limited says the regulatory process for mining and exploration work in the
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Damage at Yukon’s Eagle mine site could be ‘worst-case scenario,’ says local mayor
The mayor of Mayo, Yukon, says a heap leach failure and slide reported Monday at the Eagle gold mine will
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Federal gov’t, Saskatchewan swipe sale of N.W.T. rare earth metals from Chinese buyer
By Rose Danen Vital Metals announced Monday that it’s selling its stockpiled rare earth material to the Saskatchewan Research Council
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Review board rejects Agnico Eagle’s request to change plans for Nunavut mine
By Emma Tranter · CBC News The Nunavut Impact Review Board (NIRB) has rejected a proposal from Agnico Eagle Mines to build a
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Massive spill at N.W.T. diamond mine went unreported for 1 month
A broken pipeline that spilled a massive amount of groundwater at an N.W.T. mine can’t be fixed until extreme weather
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UN experts call on Sweden to halt mining project on Indigenous Sami land
Two United Nations human rights experts urged the Swedish government on Thursday not to issue a license for an iron
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Bolstered by battery boom, British mining company to dig nine new open pits in Russian Arctic
Eurasian Mining Plc teams up with state company Rosgeo for the development of a new far northern ‘global center’ for
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‘Consultation utterly failed’: Na-Cho Nyäk Dun sues Yukon for approving mineral exploration
The Yukon government breached its duty to consult the First Nation of Na-Cho Nyäk Dun by unilaterally approving a mineral
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Mining company never paid up for environmental damage in Canada’s Northwest Territories
A company that was ordered to pay three of the biggest financial penalties ever imposed by a Northwest Territories court
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157.4 carat diamond unearthed at Arctic diamond mine in Canada
A Canadian mining company says it has unearthed a “157.4 carat gem of exceptional quality” at a diamond mine in
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Russian company VostokCoal abandons major coal mining project in Arctic tundra
Vostok Coal is giving up its great Arctic project. The buyer of the vast coal reserves of the Taymyr Peninsula
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Northwestern Canadian First Nation asks N.W.T. to speak out against northern Alberta mine
The chief of Smith’s Landing First Nation near Fort Smith, , is calling on the territorial government to speak out
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Norway greenlights copper mine with tailings to be dumped in Arctic fjord
Protests from the indigenous Sami people, local fishermen and environmental groups were turned down by the government. “Allowing this to happen
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Canada announces $2M for research into carbon neutral mining in the Northwest Territories
The Canadian government is investing millions in a Northwest Territories-based research project that has the potential to make some mining
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Citizens’ initiative to reform mining law heads to Finnish Parliament
A citizen’s initiative to reform Finland’s mining law has received 50,000 signatures, meaning that the proposal now qualifies for consideration
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