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Vancouver zinc miner faces fines in Yukon

At the end of January, the company announced it was placing the mine in care and maintenance, citing a commodity price crash, and earlier this month was forced to seek creditor protection.

Business in Vancouver | March 25, 2015 | 7:43 am

Oil sands improving on environment, but new technology takes time

It’s a seemingly small thing, the matter of a dozen or so degrees difference in the water temperature during one part of the lengthy and complex process of squeezing oil from Alberta bitumen.

Canadian Press | March 25, 2015 | 6:00 am

Here is what it looks like when mining trucks drive across frozen lakes

In the farthest reaches of northwestern Canada, there are few people and fewer roads. When winter comes, fuel, explosives, and heavy equipment move north in an unusual way: via trucks driving on frozen lakes.

NASA Earth Observatory | March 24, 2015 | 8:31 am

Oil sands faces its biggest test in extended downturn

The collapse in the market for Canada’s heavy crude below $30 a barrel last week is hammering home a harsh reality for the nation’s oil-sands producers: There’s no one to save them this time.

Bloomberg News | March 24, 2015 | 2:00 am

Chile’s court says Barrick’s Pascua-Lama has not damaged glaciers

The country's Environmental Court handed Monday a major victory to Barrick’s besieged Pascua-Lama gold, copper and silver project, straddling the border with Argentina.

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 23, 2015 | 11:00 am

Cliffs sells Ontario’s Ring of Fire claims to Noront for $20 million

The U.S. miner said the sale is part of a strategy to divest non-core assets and focus on supplying iron ore pellets to the North American steel industry.

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 23, 2015 | 6:03 am

Mount Polley disaster prompts new tailings ponds regulations

The regulation forces mining companies to consider the possibility of a tailings disaster and evaluate the environmental, health, social and economic impacts of an accident.

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 20, 2015 | 8:56 am

Chile imposes 2nd highest fine in history to Pan Pacific Caserones mine

Japan's top smelter, Pan Pacific Copper, will have to pay $11.9 million for breaching several environmental rules.

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 19, 2015 | 7:26 am

No end in sight for mining sector gloomy state: report

The first two months of 2015 failed miserably to dispel gloomy market conditions affecting the global mining industry, according to a study published Wednesday.

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 18, 2015 | 10:16 am

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