Three levels of government, a mining company and a First Nation have come together in a historic agreement to develop a new […]

ALASKA – Vancouver’s Northern Dynasty Minerals has named an advisory committee to assist it was work goes forward at the Pebble copper-gold […]

SASKATCHEWAN – An historic agreement has been struck between the Muskowekwan First Nation and engineering firm Amec Foster Wheeler of Vancouver. The […]

OTTAWA – The Mining Association of Canada has asked its members to commit to the Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights, […]

BOTSWANA – The Botswana Chamber of Mines (BCM) announced on Feb. 14 that it will adopt the Towards Sustainable Mining® (TSM) initiative, a corporate social […]

Making concrete commitments to fully involve First Nations in Canada’s energy and resource economy should have been front-and-centre during this federal election.

In under a generation, social licence commitments have moved from a nice-to-have community relations to a regulatory necessity.

Right from the beginning, our Office has made it a priority to reach across sectors and build bridges between people with different perspectives.  Many diverse stakeholders have an interest in the environmental and social impacts of...

Recently, an important anniversary passed quietly. Ten years ago, in Toronto, the Global Mining Initiative Conference, a path-breaking global conference on mining and sustainable development, wrapped up. The Conference was the culmination of a...

QUEBEC – Stornoway Diamond Corp. has entered into an impacts and benefits agreement for the Renard diamond project in the Otish Mountains. The “Mecheshoo Agreement” was signed with the Cree Nation of Mistissini and the Grand...

The World Economic Forum of Geneva and The Boston Consulting Group have published a report that outlines the six building blocks needed to help lift some of the world's least developed countries out of poverty by harnessing their mineral wealth.

ast month in this column I noted the incredible increase in cumulative Canadian mining investment abroad, which has mushroomed from $30 billion in 2002 to over $110 billion. Now comes the latest update from Natural Resources Canada, who...