Increasing Demand for Critical Minerals Positions Canada’s Mining Industry for Success
New Canada-US Collaboration and Canadian Minerals and Metals Plan Bring Renewed Attention to Mining Sector VANCOUVER – Today, Pierre Gratton, President and CEO of the Mining Association of Canada (MAC), in his annual address to the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade, spoke of the state of Canada’s mining industry and how recent commitments to mining, […]
TSM Mining and Indigenous Peoples Framework
Several Towards Sustainable Mining (TSM) Guiding Principles have direct applicability to the relationship between mining companies and Indigenous peoples (First Nation, Inuit, Métis) and Indigenous peoples worldwide. We believe that our industry and Indigenous communities share a common interest in ensuring that mining activity takes place responsibly, in a manner that creates economic opportunity, is […]
TSM Mini Book (2019)
TSM is an award-winning performance system that helps mining companies evaluate and manage their environmental and social responsibilities. It is a set of tools and indicators to drive performance and ensures that key mining risks are managed responsibly at participating mining and metallurgical facilities. Participation in TSM is mandatory for MAC’s members. This involves subscribing […]
“Challenges are more opportunity than problem”
Ben Chalmers, Senior Vice President of The Mining Association of Canada, was in Mongolia in September to spread awareness about the concept of TSM or Towards Sustainable Mining. B. Tugsbilegt finds out from him more about TSM, and how it would help mining meet stricter standards of emission reduction, water management and such environmental challenges.
The Mining Association of Canada’s Towards Sustainable Mining initiative aims to drive global environmental and social performance on tailings management
The tragic failure of a tailings facility in Brazil in January underscored the urgent need for safe tailings management, and the Mining Association of Canada (MAC) is supporting the global mining industry in taking action to ensure that tailings are responsibly managed and catastrophic failures are prevented. The necessity of getting this right is paramount, […]
TSM Verification Service Provider Training
The Mining Association of Canada (MAC) and the Quebec Mining Association (QMA) will be holding Verification Service Provider (VSP) Training Workshops on January 27-28, 2020 in Montreal. The workshop will be offered in English on January 27th and in French on January 28th. This workshop will prepare participants to consistently complete a verification of the […]
Contact List for TSM Verification Service Providers (November 2019)
A contact sheet for all TSM Verification Service Providers in November 2019.
Contact List for TSM Verification Service Providers (October 2019)
A contact sheet for all TSM Verification Service Providers in October 2019.
Developmental approach to mineral resources
Developing the mining potential of our country necessitates a far more complex and progressive way of capitalizing opportunities and benefits.
COI Panel Meeting Report: March 2019
Meeting of the Community of Interest Advisory Panel Summary Report, March 5-6, 2019, Toronto, ON