Canada’s Energy and Mines Ministers meet amid downturn

VANCOUVER — On July 20 Canadian federal, provincial and territorial energy and mines ministers gathered in Halifax, NS, for the 72nd annual Energy and Mines Ministers' Conference (EMMC). The event comes at a time when the mining industry is looking to government for heightened assistance in weathering what has become a prolonged recession marked by falling exploration expenditures, project investment and share prices.

If the pitfalls of a struggling global economy and ailing commodity prices were not enough for the ministers to mull over, however, there are also a bevy of socio-political issues across the country that include waste management safety, sustainable development and aboriginal relations.

In fact, the Canadian Mineral Industry Federation (CMIF) released a brief – in partnership with The Mining Association of Canada (MAC) and Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) – aptly labeled Weathering the Storm, which focuses on three "priority issues" as articulated by members of the mineral industry across the country.

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