MAC Newsletter – Canadian Mining Leading the Way in Innovation
Banned for decades, releasing oilsands tailings water is now on the horizon
The federal government has begun developing regulations to allow oilsands operators in northern Alberta to begin releasing treated tailings water back into the environment, something that’s been prohibited for decades.
Vale, miners push for Canada to become key EV player
Global mining major Vale and the Mining Association of Canada say they stand ready to help position the country as a major player in the global electric vehicle revolution.
MAC Newsletter – Mining’s Commitment to Climate Change Action
To get to a lower carbon future, mining is inarguably the most important sector for the materials needed to literally piece together the tech that will lower our GHG footprint. The question is not whether we require minerals and metals to reach our climate goals, but rather if Canada will become the supplier the world needs.
Mining Helps Makes Your Banking Routine Easier
Minerals and metal play an essential role in the technology we use every day. Smartphones and electronic payment machines rely on mined materials like nickel, zinc, gold and cobalt, to function. In today’s society, where efficiency and convenience are prioritized, innovation in the tech we use has influenced almost every aspect of our lives, including […]
Glencore’s Focus on Wind Power
When we explore for minerals and metals…we are finding renewable sources of energy too. Way up in northern Quebec, Glencore’s Raglan Mine is replacing diesel fuel with wind power. The wind turbine and energy storage facility – the first in Canada – has helped reduce the mine’s greenhouse gas emissions and has the potential to […]
Newmont’s All-Electric Borden Mine
When you are innovating like this…the feeling is electric. At the Borden Gold project near Chapleau in Ontario, Newmont has replaced all of its underground diesel fleet of trucks with Battery Electric Vehicles, making it one of the first all-electric underground mines in Canada. This ambitious plan will not only make the future mine more […]
Low Carbon Future
Innovation. Powered by imagination, possible by mining. Canada has all the ingredients—sustainably-sourced minerals, metals and energy products—needed for the technologies that are powering imaginations and enabling the transition to a low carbon future. There is a natural synergy between mining and clean technology. Raw materials are transformed into technology that, having gone full circle, help […]
Mining the Wind for Diamonds
Canada’s mining companies prioritize innovative and environmentally responsible ways to extract the minerals and metals used every day by Canadians across the country. Since 2012, Rio Tinto, one of the Mining Association of Canada’s (MAC) members, has seen the results that can come from renewable energy sources through its pioneering wind farm at the award-winning […]
Vale-SNOLAB
Deep inside this mine…Nobel Prize winning science is unlocking the mysteries of the universe. At Vale’s century-old Creighton Mine in Sudbury, Ontario, SNOLAB, a world-renowned science facility, is shedding new light on neutrinos and dark matter physics and improving our understanding of the universe. Have you ever imagined that two kilometers below the surface there […]
