Mining industry welcomes enactment of transparency legislation
Extractive Sector Transparency Measures Act comes into force The Mining Association of Canada (MAC) and its members expressed their support for the coming into force of the Extractive Sector Transparency Measures Act. Today’s announcement fulfills Prime Minister Harper’s commitment from June 2013 to enact such transparency legislation within two years. “This legislation places Canada at the forefront of […]
Canadian Extractive Sector Transparency Measures Act comes into force
The Canadian mining industry had been a strong supporter of transparency. From 2012 to 2014, the MAC and fellow members of the Resource Revenue Transparency Working Group (RRTWG) – the PDAC, Publish What You Pay-Canada and the Natural Resource Governance Institute – developed recommendations for Canadian governments and advocated for Canada to join the global […]
TSM Award Winners for Environmental Excellence and Community Engagement Announced
Vale, Dominion Diamond Corporation and Diavik Diamond Mine get top nods for 2015 TSM Excellence Awards For their innovative projects that raise the bar for corporate responsibility in the Canadian mining sector, Vale, Dominion Diamond Corporation and Diavik Diamond Mine Inc. were recognized with the 2015 Towards Sustainable Mining (TSM) Awards yesterday at the Canadian […]
Finalists selected for 2015 TSM Awards for Community Engagement and Environmental Excellence
Winners to be announced at the CIM Convention in May The finalists for the 2015 Towards Sustainable Mining (TSM) Awards for Community Engagement and Environmental Excellence have been selected and the award winners will be announced on May 11 at the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM) Awards Gala at the 2015 Convention […]
Mechanismos de reclamacion y respuesta comunitaria en el lugar
Una guía práctica para el diseño y la implementación orientada al sector de generación de recursos
Letter to MP Dewar: Bill C-486 on Conflict Minerals
MAC recommendations for amendments to MP Paul Dewar’s Private Member’s Bill, Bill C-486, on conflict minerals from the Great Lakes Region of Africa.
Mandatory reporting plan for energy and mining companies welcomed by provinces
The Mining Association of Canada and the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada both welcomed Mr. Rickford’s announcement, and the support from the provincial and territorial governments.
Quebec backs federal publish what you pay plan for resource companies
The newly elected Liberal government in Quebec has endorsed a plan to require resource companies to publish payments they make to governments as part of a national effort to increase transparency and combat corruption.
Mining dialogue is democratic, not damaging
Joint op-ed by Pierre Gratton, MAC, and Alan Young, the Canadian Boreal Initiative on the importance of mining dialogue with NGOs.
We’re one step closer to mining transparency in Canada
Op-Ed by Pierre Gratton, MAC, and Claire Woodside, Publish What You Pay-Canada, to announce the launch of the Resource Revenue Transparency Working Group’s release of its recommendations for a transparency standard in Canada.