Mining & Resources
Quebec investor group buying Canam Group’s Canadian operations and other assets
The transaction involving the architectural steel company, which is expected to close in the coming weeks, will total more than $840 million
Feds give $500K to project to promote northern mining at annual conference
It’s part of the Invest Canada North initiative which aims to promote the territories as attractive investment destinations
Teck Resources to pay $2M for SunMine solar project in B.C.
The amount matches the City of Kimberly’s debt associated with the ownership and operation of the facility on reclaimed Teck Sullivan Mine
Northern Pulp focuses on mill cleanup before ‘indefinite’ Jan. 31 shutdown
The parent company is discussing the mill’s “hibernation plan” with the Nova Scotia government, after committing to stay in the province for the long term
Outspoken former federal cabinet minister John Crosbie dead at 88
Best known as an outspoken fisheries minister under Prime Minister Brian Mulroney.
First Nation waits on logging road at centre of BC pipeline dispute
Chiefs say they won’t allow anyone on the First Nation’s traditional territory without their consent.
Experts say climate change is driving up the risk of wildfires in Canada
“Climate change’s fingerprints are all over these Australian fires” and play the same role in raising the risk in Canada.
Mining technology conference to expand its digital reach
BDT2020 is co-hosted by PACE.global and the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM), with Redpath Mining as the conference’s Platinum sponsor
In Nova Scotia, extremes of elation and despair in wake of N.S. mill closure
Premier Stephen McNeil announced on Friday he would keep a pledge that Northern Pulp wouldn’t be permitted to continue piping its effluent into Boat Harbour
Trudeau government does spadework on minerals crucial to future economy
The effort stems from a commitment by Trudeau and Trump to develop steady, secure supplies of so-called critical minerals in reaction to China’s dominance in much of the field
