US government mulls 50-year mining ban in northern New Mexico
The US government is proposing to ban mining and oil drilling in northern New Mexico for up to 50 years as part of the Biden administration ongoing efforts to protect Native…
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First Nations Drilling JV preps to train Indigenous drillers in northern Ontario
Engagement with Indigenous peoples in the resource sector can mean many different things, and for veteran driller Leslie Quedent, it means an exploration partnership.Quedent, a member of the Lac Seul…
Ontario’s Building More Mines Act law will give more sway to experts over bureaucrats, says Pirie
Ontario’s new Building More Mines Act aims to drastically cut timelines of mine permits and plans to get operations opened faster, says Mines Minister George Pirie.Originally drafted as Bill 71,…
GMS video: How engaging with Indigenous communities benefits mining and Canada
The Northern Miner’s Staff Writer Blair McBride interviews Alex Davidson, a 2023 Canadian Mining Hall of Fame Inductee during the recent Global Mining Symposium in Toronto. Alex discusses the importance…
BMC Minerals’ Kudz Ze Kayah polymetallic project in Yukon hangs on judge’s ruling
BMC Minerals’ Kudz Ze Kayah (KZK) zinc-lead-copper project in the Yukon has hit a roadblock on its permitting path amid a legal dispute with the Kaska Nation. The Vancouver-based BMC,…
Book excerpt: How the sparks of conflict in Ontario’s Ring of Fire set alight
The following is an excerpt from Chapter 10, “From backrooms to bulldozers,” of Ring of Fire: High Stakes Mining in a Lowlands Wilderness. Read more about the book, written by…
PDAC: Facing the challenges of mine decarbonization
The mining industry’s decarbonization journey is more akin to a twisting trail race than a straight road race, with uphill efforts, sharp turns and obstacles en route, miners said during…
Exclusive video: Indigenous investments in Nisga’a Lisims territory in BC
Charles Morven, who is the secretary treasurer with the Nisga’a Lisims Government in British Columbia, and primary communicator between the First Nation and industry, spoke with Northern Miner Staff Writer Henry…
Mining’s top ten ‘S’ trends in ESG for 2023
To say 2022 was tumultuous is an understatement. War, inflation, climate disasters, market volatility: the past year was anything but business as usual for most. ESG, which had seemed firmly…
Will Indigenous-led impact assessments help or hinder mine project approvals?
In Ontario, Anishnawbek peoples have been mining copper for more than 4,000 years. They practiced sustainable mining methods by limiting their disturbance to the land, mining what they needed to…
Indigenous-led EAs are on the horizon
At the recent Indigenous Led Projects Forum in Toronto in late September — the first event of its kind — co-host Michael Fox shared some of the big changes that…
GMS: Panel tackles next iteration of ESG in mining – including Indigenous equity in projects
The future of environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues in the mining industry will see Indigenous communities commonly hold equity stakes in projects while companies become fully transparent about all…