$1.5B Hinton coal mine planned to fuel Asian power plants
Dave Cooper, Edmonton Journal, August 24, 2012EDMONTON - A proposed coal mine on Hinton’s doorstep could cost $1.5 billion if fully developed and bring more than 500 new jobs to the town.read more
View ArticleCoal miners lost pay when Mitt Romney visited their mine to promote coal jobs
Sabrina Eaton, Cleveland Plain Dealer, August 28 2012WASHINGTON, D.C. -- When GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney visited an Ohio coal mine this month to promote jobs in the coal industry, workers...
View ArticleChinese nationals brought in to work B.C. coal mines
Peter O'Neil, Vancouver Sun, October 9, 2012OTTAWA — The first of a group of 200 temporary Chinese workers approved by the federal government will start arriving in B.C. in coming weeks to work in the...
View ArticleMine project rejection seems strange
Les Leyne, Times Colonist, October 10, 2012The more you look at the Environment Ministry's handling of the Morrison Mine proposal, the more unusual it gets.read more
View ArticleRevised thermal-coal mine back on table in B.C.
Wendy Stueck, Globe and Mail, Nov. 06 2012VANCOUVER — A coal project shelved after B.C. introduced legislation that effectively nixed coal-fired electricity plants is back on the front burner, this...
View ArticleB.C. coal mine advertised jobs in China at 'considerably' lower pay: union
Dene Moore, Canadian Press, Vancouver Sun, November 16, 2012VANCOUVER - A mining company that has hired hundreds of temporary workers from China for its northern B.C. coal mine advertised those jobs in...
View ArticleCline Mining misses $2.5M bond payment
Barry Critchley, National Poist, Dec 18, 2012It’s never good news when a company announces it can’t make a scheduled semi-annual interest payment, and it’s particularly bad news given what such a...
View ArticleIs it time to put the brakes on runaway coal development?
Mark Hume, Globe and Mail, Dec 23 2012The coal industry is booming in British Columbia, with a dozen new mines proposed around the province and the port of Metro Vancouver making expansive plans to...
View ArticleCompany to sue B.C. government over Morrison Lake gold mine rejection
Justine Hunter, Globe and Mail, Feb 15 2013Victoria — The B.C. Liberal government is facing legal action over a decision to deny an environmental certificate to a proposed copper and gold mine on the...
View ArticleConfusion reigns over review of New Prosperity
Dene Moore, The Canadian Press, March 5, 2013 A federal review panel weighing the future of a stalled gold and copper mine in the B.C. Interior is wondering just what, exactly, the panel is supposed...
View ArticleElders threaten blockade against coal mine in Sacred Headwaters
Anita McPhee, NationTalk.ca, August 16 2013DEASE LAKE, BC, Aug. 15, 2013 - The Tahltan Central Council acknowledges the frustrations felt by Tahltan people that lead to more than 30 Tahltan Elders and...
View ArticleB.C. First Nation renews fight against mining
By Kim Nursall, The Canadian Press, August 16 2013VANCOUVER – Dozens of First Nations protesters are blockading a proposed open-pit coal mine in a remote area of northwest B.C.read more
View ArticleFlow-through shares: Canada’s quirky tax innovation
Drew Hasselback, Financial Post, March 7 2013The flow-through share entered the Canadian tax code just over 25 years ago. Looking back, mining executives, lawyers, bankers and accountants believe this...
View ArticleIn Australia, an Uphill Battle To Rein in the Power of Coal
Samiha Shafy, Yale Environment 360, 17 Sep 2013Australia is the world’s second-largest exporter of coal, thanks to huge markets in China, Japan, and other Asian countries. Environmentalists have been...
View ArticleCoal mining protest in B.C. set to erupt
Margo Harper, Globe and Mail, Sep. 20 2013An increasingly tense standoff between a B.C. First Nation and a London, Ont.-based coal company in a remote mountain valley known as Sacred Headwaters is set...
View ArticleMining company steps back from Sacred Headwaters standoff
Damien Gillis, CommonSenseCanadian.ca, Sep 23 2013Fortune Minerals announced Monday it will voluntarily stand down from an escalating conflict with the local Tahltan First Nation. The Common Sense...
View ArticleFlow-through tax credit will cost BC $10 million
Michael Allan McCrae, Mining.com, October 4, 2013British Columbia's minister of mines emphasised his support for the flow through tax credit at an AME BC luncheon talk on Friday and called the current...
View ArticleFirst Nations declare victory against Taseko's B.C. mine
CBC News, Nov 01, 2013Proposed New Prosperity mine would have signficant effects on Fish Lake, report concludesFirst Nations leaders in B.C. are declaring victory after a new environmental report...
View ArticleCoal tenures on hold in the Klappan a positive first step
News Release, Ministry of Energy and Mines, December 16 2013VICTORIA - In keeping with its commitment to work collaboratively with the Tahltan Nation towards a shared vision for land use in the...
View ArticleTaseko New Prosperity Mine at Fish Lake rejected again
CBC News, Feb 26, 2014Ministry concludes project likely to cause significant environmental damage, Taseko will reapplyIt's back to the drawing board for round three for Taseko Mines, Ltd.read more
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