Canada’s oil patch heads for hospital triage with virus raging
Mining News Pro - Canada’s oil heartland of Alberta has been hit with its most dangerous Covid-19 wave, with hospital intensive care beds filling up so quickly that health professionals are preparing to make decisions about who lives and who dies.
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Canada’s first rare earth miner in trading halt on expansion rumours
Mining News Pro - Australia’s Vital Metals, the first rare earths producer in Canada, has announced a trading halt until Thursday, August 12, on reports of negotiations to acquire two projects in Quebec, one of which is considered to be the world’s fourth largest dysprosium deposit.
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Canada blocks proposed Rocky Mountain coal mine on environmental grounds
Mining News Pro - Canada on Friday formally blocked a proposal to build a steelmaking coal mine in the Rocky Mountains of Alberta, citing what it said would be the significant environmental damage.
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Chile regulator files charges against Canada's Lundin over blasting
Mining News Pro - Chile's environmental regulator said on Tuesday that it had filed charges against Canadian miner Lundin's Candelaria copper mine for breaches in its operational permits, including violations related to its blasting operations.
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Sibanye elects not to up stake in Canada palladium
Mining News Pro - Precious metals major Sibanye-Stillwater has elected not to increase its participation in Marathon palladium/copper project, in Canada, to 51%, joint venture (JV) partner Generation Mining reported on Wednesday.
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Benga Mining will appeal rejection of Canada coal mine
Mining News Pro - Benga Mining, which aims to build a steelmaking coal mine in Canada’s Rocky Mountains, on Monday said it would launch an appeal after an expert panel last month rejected the proposal on environmental grounds.
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Bigger than Voisey’s: Canada Nickel files PEA for Crawford mine in Ontario
Mining News Pro - Canada Nickel Company (TSX-V: CNC) announced on Monday it had filed a preliminary economic assessment (PEA) for the Crawford nickel sulphide project in Ontario, almost a year after exploration drilling began at the asset.
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Canada Nickel files PEA for Crawford mine in Ontario
Mining News Pro - Canada Nickel Company (TSX-V: CNC) said on Monday it had filed a preliminary economic assessment (PEA) for the Crawford nickel sulphide project in Ontario, almost a year after exploration drilling began at the asset.
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What Canada should do to secure its own supply of critical minerals
Mining News Pro - A report of the Standing Committee on Natural Resources presented before the House of Commons rang the alarm bell on how important it is for Canada to secure a supply of critical minerals, particularly in the face of China’s dominance.
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Canada’s Coal Association responds to Ottawa’s thermal coal mine ban
Mining News Pro - The Coal Association of Canada says Ottawa’s recent ban on new thermal coal mining projects or plans to expand existing mines on environmental damage grounds will lead to the market gap left being filled with inferior-quality coal from elsewhere.
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Canada, EU in raw materials pact to cut China reliance
Mining News Pro - Canada and the European Union launched a new partnership to secure supply chains for critical minerals and reduce dependence on China in a push for jobs and to counter climate change.
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New federal policy makes it harder to develop Canada thermal coal projects
Mining News Pro - The Canadian government on Friday announced its thermal coal mining policy, which will make it harder for new thermal coal mining and expansion projects to be approved.
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Canada to reject any future thermal coal mining projects
Mining News Pro - The Canadian government will no longer approve thermal-coal mining projects because of their contribution to the climate crisis.
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Triple Flag shares flat after Canada’s biggest mining IPO in 9 years
Mining News Pro - Shares of Triple Flag Precious Metals Corp were unchanged in its trading debut on Thursday after the Canadian mine financing company raised more than $250 million in an initial public offering, the biggest Toronto Stock Exchange mining debut since 2012.
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Canada has “right ingredients” to be EV battery leader
Mining News Pro - Canada has a “once-in-generation” opportunity to establish itself as a major player in the global battery sector, but it needs to act fast to seize the opportunity, a new report reflecting the views of stakeholders across the electric vehicle (EV) supply chain shows.
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Canada concerned about Kyrgyz seizure of Kumtor
Mining News Pro - The Canadian government on Monday reacted to Kyrgyzstan’s seizure of the Kumtor gold mine, which Canadian mining company Centerra Gold owns, stating that it was “very concerned” and “disappointed” about developments in the mining industry.
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Platina increases its stake in Canada's Major
Mining News Pro - Platina Resources has increased its stake in Canadian explorer Major Precious Metals after that company reported a significant increase to the mineral resource estimate of its Skaergaard project, in Greenland.
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Mining association says Canada’s rare earth support too modest to displace reliance on China
Mining News Pro - The Mining Association of Canada (MAC) has welcomed several expanded and refined measures proposed in the 2021 federal Budget to support the establishment and growth of a domestic battery supply chain, but CEO Pierre Gratton said specific support targeting rare earth elements (REEs) was too modest and was insufficient to displace reliance on China.
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Canada’s oil sands firms face pressure to spend on transition
Mining News Pro - Canada’s biggest oil sands producers are generating billions more in free cash flow in a faster-than-expected pandemic rebound, but taking a cautious approach to spending it that is disappointing environment-minded investors.
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Vital Metals to become Canada’s first rare earths miner
Mining News Pro - Australia’s Vital Metals is getting ready to kick off mining operations at its Nechalacho rare earths project in Canada’s Northwest Territories, which will make it the country’s first producer of the elements used in magnets for electric vehicles, aerospace, defence and electronics.
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Canada tightens takeover rules for critical minerals
Mining News Pro - Canada has tightened foreign investment rules to protect the security of critical mineral supply chains, a government spokesperson said on Thursday, ahead of an expected surge in demand for metals used to make electric vehicles.
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Canada`s Novo takes a stake in Victorian gold project
Mining News Pro - Canadian gold explorer Novo Resources Corporation has exercised its joint venture (JV) with ASX-listed Kalamazoo Resources to earn a 50% in that company’s Queens gold project, in Victoria.
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US looks to Canada for minerals to build electric vehicles
Mining News Pro - The US government is working to help American miners and battery makers expand into Canada, part of a strategy to boost regional production of minerals used to make electric vehicles and counter Chinese dominance.
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Canada positioning for post-Covid-19 recovery with critical minerals push
Mining News Pro - Canada is using its measures to recover from the Covid-19 pandemic to position itself as a haven for new technology and battery minerals, boasting a wealth of such minerals found in few other places around the globe, said Natural Resources Minister Seamus O’Regan.
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Canada could be top player in global EV battery market
Mining News Pro - Canada has a sizeable opportunity to become one of the world’s leaders in the lithium-ion battery market, but that potential needs to be recognized and nurtured by regulators and miners, Benchmark Mineral Intelligence director Simon Moores told the House of Commons on Monday.
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