Pacific Empire options British Columbia copper-gold project

The two new laws allow the government to force mining and energy companies to renegotiate their contracts.

The firms said it's also initiating consultations with its unions about the potential impacts on employees during this period of suspended production.

Doug Hoerr, Caterpillar's vice president of the material handling & underground division, is retiring in August after more than 20 years with the company.

The company argues the Central European country violated several investment treaty provisions in its claim to the bank’s International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes.

After acquiring Goldcorp's 21% in San Nicolás, Canada's largest diversified miner will be the Zacatecas-based copper-zinc project sole owner.

It now expects to produce at least 180,000-210,000 ounces of gold this year at Kışladağ, which brings Eldorado's full-year guidance down from 365,000-400,000 ounces to 315,000-365,000 ounces.

The study found Canada's oil sands had a substantial impact on Quebec's economy in terms of employment, gross domestic product (GDP) and tax revenue, in a 12-month period between 2014 and 2015.

Once at full-tilt, Rainy River mine is expected to generate an average of 325,000 ounces of gold a year.

Both authorities and the Canadian miner company have officially ruled out possibility of finding them alive.