Climate plan launched for Canada’s mining industry
The Mining Association of Canada (MAC) is releasing a new Towards Sustainable Mining (TSM) Climate Change Protocol that is designed to minimise the mining sector’s carbon footprint, while enhancing climate change disclosure and strengthening the sector’s ability to adapt to climate change. The new TSM Climate Change Protocol is a tool to support companies in […]
MAC launches Towards Sustainable Mining Climate Change Protocol
The Mining Association of Canada (MAC) announced Wednesday it is releasing a new Towards Sustainable Mining (TSM) Climate Change Protocol designed to minimize the mining sector’s carbon footprint, enhance climate change disclosure and strengthen the sector’s ability to adapt to climate change.
Canada’s Mining Industry Commits to Climate Change Action
New Sustainable Mining Standard to place Canadian Mining Industry at the Forefront of Global Climate Efforts OTTAWA – Today, the Mining Association of Canada (MAC) is releasing a new Towards Sustainable Mining (TSM) Climate Change Protocol designed to minimize the mining sector’s carbon footprint, while enhancing climate change disclosure and strengthening the sector’s ability to […]
Media Backgrounder: MAC Climate Change Announcement
MAC’s new TSM Climate Change Protocol replaces the TSM Energy Use and GHG Emissions Management Protocol, last updated in 2013, and provides a measurable framework to help our industry implement our collective commitment to the ambition of the Paris Agreement. The protocol and associated guidance helped limit impacts to the environment and reduced operational costs […]
Supplying the green wave
Last summer, Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced he would be issuing “giant contracts” to mining companies capable of supplying Tesla with nickel in an “environmentally sensitive” way. “Please mine more nickel,” he asked bluntly. By October, Tesla was in talks with Vale, the world’s largest producer of the mineral, about securing sustainable nickel from its […]
TSM Climate Change Protocol
The purpose of this TSM protocol is to facilitate continual performance improvements in the mining sector related to the management of climate-related risks and opportunities, including associated mitigation and adaptation strategies, target-setting and reporting.
Greenhouse gas emission targets boost enthusiasm for small modular nuclear reactors
The worldwide battle to control greenhouse gas emissions to fight climate change is the best thing that’s happened for growth in the nuclear energy industry in decades, its proponents say.
Industrial policy is having a moment. Will the Liberals seize it?
Heading into the federal budget next week, a long-neglected term is back in fashion: industrial policy. Canadian miners are anticipating government support for rare-earth mineral production and refining capacity. Automobile part-makers are pushing for additional federal dollars to spur the development of supply chains for electric-vehicle batteries. Both groups are calling for a more aggressive […]
Electric vehicles expected to boost Canadian mining growth, industry panel agrees
Mining industry insiders say opportunities for Canada are rising with world demand, technical advances and political support for electric vehicles.
Miners vow to come clean as First Nations, climate pressure builds
Escalating concerns about the mining sector’s treatment of First Nations communities and contribution to global warming have prompted Australia’s top miners to sign up to stricter monitoring standards for their social and environmental performance. The Minerals Council of Australia has told its members it will require them to adopt a system of guidelines in place […]
