1+ hour, 31+ min ago   (430+ words) Five years after a coal mining operation at Grassy Mountain in Alberta was rejected over environmental risks, the company behind the project plans to submit a scaled-back proposal by the end of the year. Northback Holdings Corporation, the Canadian mining…...

1+ week, 1+ hour ago   (1114+ words) Northern Graphite (NGC) has postponed the restart of its flagship Lac des Îles mine in Quebec, as mounting regulatory and legal pressures add to a severe capital crunch at the company amid shifting global graphite markets. The delay deals a…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (347+ words) Organizers of a petition to ban new coal mining on the eastern slopes of the Rockies have filed for a judicial review, challenging Elections Alberta's decision that the petition failed. The agency announced earlier this month that the anti-coal petition…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (646+ words) Environmental groups from both Canada and the United States say the federal and BC governments cannot be trusted to impartially judge a coal mine expansion proposal in BC’s Elk Valley. Selenium pollution has been at the heart of resistance to…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (783+ words) Canada continues to play catch-up in the global critical minerals race despite world-class resources and a low-carbon grid, with no large-scale industrial projects expected into operation before the “early 2030s,” according to the lead author of the International Energy Agency’s global…...

2+ mon, 4+ week ago   (155+ words) Country music artist Corb Lund is expected to deliver his anti-coal mining petition to Elections Alberta today. Lund announced this week that his team had collected more than the 178,000 signatures it needed to get the province to take action, but…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago   (719+ words) Prime Minister Mark Carney said a fast-tracked Quebec graphite mine is slated to become the largest of its kind in North America when it reaches full production by the end of 2028. Nouveau Monde Graphite’s Matawinie mine in Quebec’s Lanaudière region…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (605+ words) Canada’s largest gold mining company is investing $14 billion in Ontario over the next five years to expand its existing operations and advance two major development projects in northeastern Ontario. Agnico Eagle Mines, the world’s second-largest gold producer, says the investment…...

3+ mon, 4+ week ago   (837+ words) A small quarry on Cortes Island, BC, could soon grow to more than four times its current size and local streamkeepers say the province may be considering the expansion without a full picture of nearby creeks, wetlands and fish habitat....

3+ mon, 4+ week ago   (334+ words) The Indigenous chief clearly remembers the controversial 800-kilometre pipeline that GNL Quebec wanted to build to transport gas from Western Canada to a plant in the Saguenay region. Several First Nations opposed the industrial megaproject, which would have crossed vast…...