British Columbia government creates new divisions to improve mine safety and promote investment The Canadian province is resource-rich, and home to Vancouver, the mining junior capital of the world. MINING.COM Staff Writer | February 26, 2019 | 7:03 am
Copper Mountain floats new mine plan with longer life, more output and lower cash costs The company has only good things to say about the proposed changes. Canadian Mining Journal Staff | February 25, 2019 | 3:37 pm
Newcrest CEO says ‘happy to do M&A’ if right value for shareholders Some media reports indicated that Newcrest, as part of the deal, would be interested in buying Newmont's Australian assets. Reuters | February 25, 2019 | 11:57 am
Australia’s Queensland rail moves up flooded track repairs to end-April The 1,000-km (620-mile) rail line is used by miners including Glencore, MMG Ltd and South 32 to carry zinc and lead concentrate from the Mt Isa region. Reuters | February 25, 2019 | 10:12 am
Freeport investing to mitigate risk from tailings dams -CEO Freeport is "comfortable" with engineering designs in place at existing dams. Reuters | February 25, 2019 | 9:31 am
Scientists say miners should restore animal communities during site rehabilitation Researchers say fauna tends to be under-recognized in assessments of restoration success. Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | February 24, 2019 | 9:16 am
Five base metal projects underway in the Yukon Headlines are echoing the shift toward the Yukon’s second gold rush. Northern Miner Staff | February 24, 2019 | 7:10 am
Brucejack, Silvertip among British Columbia’s biggest recent successes No other province or territory has had two new precious metal mines reach commercial production less than 15 months apart. Northern Miner Staff | February 24, 2019 | 7:00 am
Peru community blocks road for copper transport by Chinese miner MMG Mediated talks between representatives of the community and the company ended with no agreement on Thursday. Reuters | February 22, 2019 | 12:36 pm