Canadian Mining Companies Recognized for Excellence in Sustainable Mining
The Mining Association of Canada’s (MAC) Community of Interest Advisory Panel has selected New Gold’s New Afton Mine and Rio Tinto’s Diavik Mine, both leading operations in Canada’s mining sector, to receive this year’s prestigious Towards Sustainable Mining® (TSM) Excellence Awards. New Gold and Rio Tinto’s sustainability projects, focused on community engagement and […]
Op-ed: Community engagement and tailings management must go hand in hand
The integrated approach of Towards Sustainable Mining enhances community confidence in the way companies mine
Pan American Silver secures third party verification by the Mining Association of Canada
Over the last 28 years, Pan American Silver (Pan American) has been providing enhanced exposure to silver through large silver reserves and catalysts to grow silver production. Its purpose and values are to produce the metals people need as the world moves towards decarbonization and electrification.
Opinion: Treated mine water release essential to oil sands reclamation
Current global unrest and ongoing impacts from the pandemic have brought the security of supply of energy and resource products into sharp focus, not just for Canadians but our allies around the world.
The Northern Miner Podcast – episode 318: ESG 2.0—‘The needle is moving faster than before’, ft Clouet, Crozier, D’Souza, Gratton and Theben
This week’s episode features the Thought Leadership panel at the Global Mining Symposium, featuring Jean-Marie Clouet, Corporate Director, Investor Relations, Agnico Eagle Mines; Stephen Crozier, Vice President, Sustainability, Noront Resources; Kevin D’Souza, Chief Sustainability Officer, Resource Capital Funds; Pierre Gratton, President and CEO, Mining Association of Canada (MAC); and moderator Stephan Theben, Managing Principal and Mining Sector Lead, SLR Consulting. […]
Guatemala’s Mining Association Adopts Towards Sustainable Mining
Guatemala (Guatemala City) – Gremial de Recursos Naturales, Minas y Canteras (GRENAT), the national mining association in Guatemala, today announced its adoption of Towards Sustainable Mining (TSM), a made-in-Canada corporate social responsibility performance system that improves environmental and social practices in the mining sector. As a result, GRENAT and its affiliated companies will adopt a […]
Thought Leadership | ESG in Mining: How to Make ESG Meaningful
DISCUSSING MEANINGFUL CHANGES AND TRENDS IN THE MINING INDUSTRY THAT PROMOTE AND IMPROVE ESG PERFORMANCE Moderator: Stephan Theben, Managing Principal and Mining Sector Lead, SLR Consulting Jean-Marie Clouet, Corporate Director, Investor Relations, Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd. Stephen Crozier, Vice President, Sustainability, Noront Resources Kevin D’Souza, Chief Sustainability Officer, Resource Capital Funds Pierre Gratton, President and […]
Panel tackles next iteration of ESG in mining – including Indigenous equity in projects
he future of environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues in the mining industry will see Indigenous communities commonly hold equity stakes in projects while companies become fully transparent about all operations, not just information to meet laws. These were just a couple of points to come out of a six-person thought-leadership panel on ESG presented […]
How the Mining Industry Coexists with Nature in Natural Diamond Recovery
Diamond miners have shown it’s possible live in a world where mining is essential without negatively impacting our natural environment.
UN monitors thrust into debate over what to do with 1.4 trillion litres of oilsands wastewater
International scrutiny comes as Canada works toward new rules that could see release of treated water for first time
