‘Mining news’ Information
Written by Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency on 09 January 2014
The Joint Panel reviewing the Marathon PGM-Cu Mine project has set the date of the public hearing which will commence February 20th in Marathon, ON. The linked document (below) is meant to help participants prepare for the public hearing and answer some of the key questions that participants [Read more]
Written by Press Release on 03 January 2014
TORONTO, ON – KWG Resources Inc. (TSX VENTURE:KWG) (“KWG”) has received conditional listing approval for an increase to $2,500,000 of its private placement of flow-through units (“Units”) which is extended to February 7, 2014. Each Unit comprises one flow-through [Read more]
Written by Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency on 20 December 2013
Please be advised that the Joint Panel reviewing the proposed Marathon Platinum Group Metals and Copper Mine project has announced a revised the start date for the public hearing. The hearing will now begin in Marathon, Ontario on February 18, 2014, and will be completed within approximately 4 [Read more]
Written by Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency on 19 December 2013
December 17, 2013 – The Joint Panel reviewing the proposed Marathon Platinum Group Metals and Copper Mine project today announced that it has received sufficient information to proceed to the public hearing. The hearing will begin in Marathon, Ontario on February 4, 2014, and will be completed [Read more]
Written by Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency on 17 December 2013
OTTAWA, ON — Canada’s Environment Minister Leona Aglukkaq and Ontario’s Minister of the Environment Jim Bradley today announced the appointment of Ms. Lesley Griffiths as the new Chair of the three-member Joint Review Panel established to review the proposed Marathon Platinum Group [Read more]
Written by NDP Media on 29 November 2013
NDP to Libs: Open the books on Cliffs documents QUEEN’S PARK, ON – In the wake of Cliffs Natural Resources’ decision to withdraw from the Ring of Fire, NDP Northern Development and Mines Critic Michael Mantha says the Liberal government should be upfront about agreements they had with [Read more]
Written by Press Release on 26 November 2013
TORONTO, ON – KWG Resources Inc. (TSX VENTURE:KWG) (“KWG”) is very encouraged with the results of ongoing metallurgical test work to determine the thermodynamics of metalizing the chromite from the Black Horse deposit by its reduction with natural gas. “We have reported [Read more]
Written by Environment Canada - Environnement Canada on 21 November 2013
Stillwater Canada Inc. has submitted a response to Supplementary Information Request No 11 – Cumulative Effects Assessment issued by the Joint Review Panel on August 30, 2013. The response is available on the public registry at the following link: Response to SIR [Read more]
Written by Press Release on 20 November 2013
CLEVELAND, U.S.A. – Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. (NYSE: CLF) (Paris: CLF) announced today that its affiliate, Cliffs Chromite Ontario Inc., will suspend indefinitely its Chromite Project in Northern Ontario by the end of the fourth quarter of 2013. The Company determined that it will [Read more]
Written by Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency on 13 November 2013
Stillwater Canada Inc. has submitted response to Supplementary Information Request No 5 – Hare Lake issued by the Joint Review Panel on August 30, 2013. The responses are available on the public registry at the following link: Response to SIR [Read more]
Written by Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources on 12 November 2013
A Timmins mining company has been fined $60,000 for contraventions of the Lakes and Rivers Improvement Act. The Ministry of Natural Resources laid the charges against Liberty Mines, now known as Northern Sun Mining, after mining officials reported a minor breech in their tailings dam in 2010. The [Read more]
Written by MPP Michael Mantha on 10 November 2013
This week in the legislature the voices of many in Algoma-Manitoulin and across the north were heard. For over a year I have been receiving calls from constituents requesting that the Ministry of Transportation change the definition of an Off-Road Vehicle (ORV) under the Highway Traffic Act [Read more]
Written by Ontario Newsroom on 08 November 2013
Ontario Leading the Creation of a Development Corporation for Ring of Fire Infrastructure Ontario is taking a significant step forward toward the development of the Ring of Fire. The province will lead the creation of a development corporation that would bring together private and public partners, [Read more]
Written by Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency on 07 November 2013
Stillwater Canada Inc. has submitted responses to two Supplementary Information Requests issued by the Joint Review Panel on August 30, 2013. Response to SIR 1 – Assessment of Alternative Rail Load-out Locations and Rail Shunting Noise Criteria Response to SIR 10 – Human Health Risk [Read more]
Written by Environment Canada - Environnement Canada on 05 November 2013
MARATHON, ON – Stillwater Canada Inc. has submitted responses to two Supplementary Information Requests issued by the Marathon PGM-Cu Joint Review Panel on August 30, 2013. Response to SIR 9 – Environmental Design Storm. Response to SIR 4 – COPC Loading Rates and Water Quality [Read more]