N.W.T. gov’t to review impact benefit agreements between mines and Indigenous groups
By Nadeer Hashmi Indigenous groups will have say over whether agreements should be renegotiate The N.W.T. government says it’s aware
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LKAB iron mine in Arctic Sweden reports hostile incidents to police
Only few days after someone vandalised company machinery, an armed person made it into one of the north Swedish iron
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Yukon minister commits to investigation into slide at Victoria Gold mine
The Yukon’s energy, mines and resources minister has committed to an investigation into what caused a heap leach failure at Victoria
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Cyanide detected in creek after Victoria Gold’s heap leach failure at Eagle gold mine
By Emma Tranter · CBC News Half the spill — 2 million tonnes — left containment, officials say The Yukon government says
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Midland launches nickel-copper exploration in Nunavik
Midland Exploration Inc. said on Wednesday that it’s starting a new exploration program for nickel and copper in Nunavik, Quebec.
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Yukon gov’t considers subsidies for mining companies to reduce emissions
Internal gov’t documents suggest move is to ensure investments in industry don’t wither The Yukon government may subsidize mining companies
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Swedish developer GRANGEX buys iron ore mine on Norway’s border to Russia
The exit of Russian ore from the European market spurs a growing demand for companies such as Sydvaranger, GRANGEX leader
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Audit of contaminated sites finds support in N.W.T. and Yukon
Federal minister attributes expensive remediation to responsible cleanup Critics in the Northwest Territories and Yukon are responding to an auditor’s
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Federal government gets permit to remediate uranium exploration site near Łutselk’e
The federal government has received a land-use permit to begin remediating a once-abandoned uranium exploration site near Łutselk’e, N.W.T., in
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Geologists defend mining within Whitehorse city limits
By Meribeth Deen · CBC News Several members of the public also showed up in support of a full ban on mining
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Europe needs unique iron ore from Kirkenes, says Swedish mine developer
But the security situation in the Norwegian-Russian border area might scare away investors, admits Christer Lindquist, CEO of Grangex. “This
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Yukon gov’t to spend 3 years remediating abandoned Minto mine site
By Gabrielle Plonka · CBC News Remediation to proceed even if the site is sold to another company, officials say The Yukon
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All emissions from Faro mine cleanup must be offset, review board says
Project could increase territory’s total emissions by upward of 46 per cent, undermining plans to reduce them While the cleanup
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Yukon RCMP is monitoring potential foreign interference. What does that look like?
Suspect investments into mines extracting critical minerals could be of central focus Yukon RCMP say the territory is vulnerable to foreign
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Norwegian government approves deep-sea mining: “Devastating” say eco-activists
By Elizaveta Vereykina, The Independent Barents Observer “Today, the Storting (Norwegian parliament) endorsed the Government’s proposal to open parts of
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