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Gibraltar Mine unionized workers are on the picket line north of Williams Lake as of June 1. (Facebook photo)

Gibraltar Mine operations near Williams Lake suspended due to strike

Present collective agreement expired May 31, picket line went up just after midnight

 

Gibraltar Mine continues to be a large employer for the Cariboo region. (Taseko Mines Ltd. photo)

Union issues 72-hour strike notice at B.C.’s massive Gibraltar copper mine

The present contract expires May 31, 2024

 

Pieces of nephrite jade are shown at a mine site in northwestern B.C. in July 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Tahltan Central Government MANDATORY CREDIT

B.C. limits new jade mining activities in province’s northwest

B.C. limits new jade-mining activities in province’s northwest

 

B.C. is Canada’s leading producer of steelmaking coal. Both a mining industry leader and B.C.’s energy minister Josie Osborne says a recent G-7 agreement to phase out thermal coal won’t impact B.C. (Photo courtesy of Teck Resources)

B.C.’s coal industry not worried about G-7’s coal phaseout plan

G-7 plans affect thermal coal, not steelmaking coal, says B.C.’s energy minister Josie Osborne

B.C. is Canada’s leading producer of steelmaking coal. Both a mining industry leader and B.C.’s energy minister Josie Osborne says a recent G-7 agreement to phase out thermal coal won’t impact B.C. (Photo courtesy of Teck Resources)
Ottawa’s corporate-ethics watchdog says a Vancouver-based mining company has allowed forced labour to occur at its gold mine in the Xinjiang region of China, even though the firm lost control of the project before the alleged slavery took place. Sheri Meyerhoffer, the Canadian Ombudsperson for Responsible Enterprise, holds a news conference in Ottawa on Tuesday, July 11, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

B.C. mining firm calls forced labour allegations nonsense

Canada’s corporate-ethics watchdog cites Dynasty Gold Corp. in connection with Chinese gold mine

Ottawa’s corporate-ethics watchdog says a Vancouver-based mining company has allowed forced labour to occur at its gold mine in the Xinjiang region of China, even though the firm lost control of the project before the alleged slavery took place. Sheri Meyerhoffer, the Canadian Ombudsperson for Responsible Enterprise, holds a news conference in Ottawa on Tuesday, July 11, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Taseko Mines Ltd. has signed a deal to buy the 12.5 per cent interest in the Gibraltar mine it does not already own from Dowa Metals & Mining Co. Ltd. and Furukawa Co. Ltd. The Task Mines logo is shown in this undated handout. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Taseko Mines

Taseko strikes deal to claim full ownership of B.C. 2nd largest copper mine

Firm to acquire remaining 12% of Gibraltar copper mine from two minority partners

Taseko Mines Ltd. has signed a deal to buy the 12.5 per cent interest in the Gibraltar mine it does not already own from Dowa Metals & Mining Co. Ltd. and Furukawa Co. Ltd. The Task Mines logo is shown in this undated handout. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Taseko Mines
The British Columbia government is funding a pilot project that it says would give the mining industry a way to extract critical minerals with almost no net environmental impact. The legislature building in Victoria is shown on Monday, September 25, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito

B.C. project expected to lower environmental impact of mineral extraction

Government fudning pilot using chemistry to extract and refine critical minerals

The British Columbia government is funding a pilot project that it says would give the mining industry a way to extract critical minerals with almost no net environmental impact. The legislature building in Victoria is shown on Monday, September 25, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito
A fly fisherman casts on the Kootenai River, downstream of the Koocanusa Reservoir that crosses the border between Canada and the U.S., where selenium has created concern for years. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP - The Spokesman Review, Rich Landers

B.C. selenium cleanup could cost $6.4B — 3 times what’s set aside: report

Watchdog says shortfall represents significant risk to the public as Glencore mining takeover looms

A fly fisherman casts on the Kootenai River, downstream of the Koocanusa Reservoir that crosses the border between Canada and the U.S., where selenium has created concern for years. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP - The Spokesman Review, Rich Landers
Keerit Jutla, president and CEO of the Association for Mineral Exploration, here seen in Smithers, wants to be part of technical working group struck by the province as reforms of the Mineral Tenure Act continue. Energy Minister Josie Osborne says AME will participate in the reform process, but not as a member of that technical group involving government and First Nations organizations. (Photo courtesy of Smithers Exploration Group)

B.C.’s mineral explorers want more input into mineral act reform

Association for Mineral Exploration in BC wants to join working group revising Mineral Tenure Act

Keerit Jutla, president and CEO of the Association for Mineral Exploration, here seen in Smithers, wants to be part of technical working group struck by the province as reforms of the Mineral Tenure Act continue. Energy Minister Josie Osborne says AME will participate in the reform process, but not as a member of that technical group involving government and First Nations organizations. (Photo courtesy of Smithers Exploration Group)
The Teck Resources logo is seen on a podium before the company’s special meeting of shareholders, in Vancouver, B.C., Wednesday, April 26, 2023.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Record copper production for Teck as B.C. miner preps for coal division sale

Sale of company’s Elk Valley coal operations to Glencore working through regulatory approvals

The Teck Resources logo is seen on a podium before the company’s special meeting of shareholders, in Vancouver, B.C., Wednesday, April 26, 2023.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
The announced discovery of rare earth elements in East Kootenay arrived just as the B.C. government released a Critical Mineral Strategy to guide the transition to new technologies like solar and wind energy, and electric vehicles. Critical minerals, as shown above, can include rare earth elements, although they aren’t limited to them (Photo courtesy Mining Association of B.C.)

Research finds elevated levels of rare earth elements in East Kootenay coalfield samples

Research identifies East Kootenay raw material as potential source for electric cars, wind turbines

The announced discovery of rare earth elements in East Kootenay arrived just as the B.C. government released a Critical Mineral Strategy to guide the transition to new technologies like solar and wind energy, and electric vehicles. Critical minerals, as shown above, can include rare earth elements, although they aren’t limited to them (Photo courtesy Mining Association of B.C.)
The open pit copper mine Cobre Panama, run by Panamanian Mining company Minera Panama, a subsidiary of Canada’s First Quantum Minerals Ltd., stands in Donoso, Panama. The government of that country recently ordered its shutdown. Premier David Eby cited that development in making the case for B.C. as a safe and stable place for mining operations. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Abraham Teran)

B.C. offers certainty for miners not found elsewhere, says Premier Eby

Eby pointed to recent developments around Cobre Mine in Panama as evidence of B.C.’s stability

The open pit copper mine Cobre Panama, run by Panamanian Mining company Minera Panama, a subsidiary of Canada’s First Quantum Minerals Ltd., stands in Donoso, Panama. The government of that country recently ordered its shutdown. Premier David Eby cited that development in making the case for B.C. as a safe and stable place for mining operations. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Abraham Teran)
Michael Goehring, president and chief executive officer of the British Columbia Mining Association, is critical of the first phase of government’s critical minerals strategy. (Black Press Media file photo)

B.C.’s critical mineral strategy not competitive enough, industry group says

BCMA’s Michael Goehring says strategy lacks “competitive fiscal policy”

Michael Goehring, president and chief executive officer of the British Columbia Mining Association, is critical of the first phase of government’s critical minerals strategy. (Black Press Media file photo)
Details about the provincial government’s strategy for critical minerals are starting to emerge, but so are questions about its environmental ethics. (Illustration courtesy the Mining Association of B.C.)

Some dig, others bury first phase of B.C.’s critical minerals strategy

Push for more mining to fight of climate change raises environmental questions

Details about the provincial government’s strategy for critical minerals are starting to emerge, but so are questions about its environmental ethics. (Illustration courtesy the Mining Association of B.C.)
B.C. must have a “competitive fiscal and regulatory policy framework” to take full advantage of mining critical minerals used in the production of green technologies. (Illustration courtesy Mining Association of B.C.)

‘Generational’ opportunity for B.C. hangs in balance: mining industry leader

Mining Association of British Columbia’s Michael Goehring calls for shorter permitting times

B.C. must have a “competitive fiscal and regulatory policy framework” to take full advantage of mining critical minerals used in the production of green technologies. (Illustration courtesy Mining Association of B.C.)

Canadian mining company starts arbitration in case of closed Panama copper mine

Panama’s Supreme Court declared legislation granting the mine a 20-year concession was unconstitutional

Seven suspected illegal miners were confirmed dead and more than 20 others were missing and presumed dead after heavy rains caused landslides that buried them inside tunnels they had been digging at a copper mine in Zambia, police and local authorities said Saturday. (File photo)

7 suspected illegal miners dead, 20 others missing in Zambia landslide

The southern African nation is among the 10 biggest copper producers in the world

Seven suspected illegal miners were confirmed dead and more than 20 others were missing and presumed dead after heavy rains caused landslides that buried them inside tunnels they had been digging at a copper mine in Zambia, police and local authorities said Saturday. (File photo)
Protesters celebrate as they learn that Panama's Supreme Court has declared unconstitutional a 20-year concession for a Canadian copper mine that had sparked weeks of protests, in Panama City, Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023. (AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco)

Panama court rules B.C.-owned copper mine unconstitutional

Dispute over open-pit mine led to some of Panama’s most widespread protests in recent years

Protesters celebrate as they learn that Panama's Supreme Court has declared unconstitutional a 20-year concession for a Canadian copper mine that had sparked weeks of protests, in Panama City, Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023. (AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco)
Sockeye salmon spawning in a clear groundwater channel. Location is in the Tulsequah subwatershed within the Taku watershed, B.C. (Credit: Jonathan Moore)

As glaciers retreat, mining claims threaten future B.C. salmon habitats: study

SFU researchers say environmental policies need to be more future-thinking as climate change progresses

Sockeye salmon spawning in a clear groundwater channel. Location is in the Tulsequah subwatershed within the Taku watershed, B.C. (Credit: Jonathan Moore)
Water filtered of selenium and nitrate by the Elkview SRF at Teck’s Elkview Operations is returned to Erickson Creek. (Scott Tibballs / The Free Press)

US study says B.C. coal mine toxins showing up over the border

Teck points to treatment efforts, researchers say impact a ‘small dent’

Water filtered of selenium and nitrate by the Elkview SRF at Teck’s Elkview Operations is returned to Erickson Creek. (Scott Tibballs / The Free Press)