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The career that’s good as gold

A worker shortage means big perks for mining engineers

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Is this foreign aid?

Elizabeth Payne wonders what’s going on at CIDA. Oda announced four CIDA projects – totalling $26.7 million – in September that will “help developing countries in Africa and South America manage their...

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‘To the benefit of large corporations’

The Liberals are unimpressed with the Conservatives’ use of foreign aid funds. “The Liberal Party supports the efforts of Canadian companies working abroad to fulfill their corporate social...

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‘I really don’t separate them’

Bev Oda defends CIDA’s partnerships with the private sector. “I think if we can increase the capacity of any country to become a global trading partner, if they’ve got products Canadians need, we can...

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Canadian mining company stops Argentine project in face of protests

In the face of intense local opposition, Canadian gold mining company Osisko has suspended a proposed project in Argentina’s western La Rioja province. The “Famatina project,” which the company insists...

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What do you get when you cross a Glencore with an Xstrata?

Two global resource giants have reached a merger agreement that, if approved, would create the world’s fourth largest mining firm. Glencore International and Xstrata, which owns Canada’s Falconbridge,...

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Resource curses, West and East

Ex-Colleague Coyne has an excellent column on the emerging political split between the resource-extracting parts of the country and the sentimental nationalists who think every drop of bitumen and chip...

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Former Oilers owner Peter Pocklington accused in Arizona gold scheme

Peter Pocklington, the one-time owner of the Edmonton Oilers and long-time most-hated man in Canadian hockey is in trouble again. ‘Puck’, as he is known, has been accused of defrauding Arizona...

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Mining engineers strike gold

Photograph by Roman Cho/Getty Images Kyle Buckoll finished his bachelor’s degree at the University of British Columbia in April. Unlike many 23-year-old university graduates, he didn’t settle at his...

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Xstrata recommends merger with commodities giant Glencore

LONDON – The board of Anglo-Swiss mining company Xstrata PLC said Monday it is recommending shareholders accept merger terms with Swiss commodities trader Glencore PLC — a deal that would create an...

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Unions have right to challenge mine’s temporary foreign worker permits: judge

VANCOUVER – The Federal Court will hear a challenge brought by two unions of a federal government decision to grant temporary foreign work permits for a northern B.C. coal mine. The unions are seeking...

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Hélène Laverdière vs. Julian Fantino

The NDP’s International Cooperation critic explains her concerns with some of CIDA’s recent moves. Economic growth is essential for sustainable poverty reduction. But not all economic growth is...

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Human rights report says forced labour used in Canadian-Eritrean mine

OTTAWA – A highly critical human rights report scheduled for release Tuesday is expected to shed new light on the darker implications of the Conservative government’s ambitions for Canadian mining...

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Gov’t must force HD Mining to turn over documents involving Chinese temporary...

VANCOUVER – A Federal Court judge isn’t letting Ottawa off the hook when it comes to producing documents in the case involving the use of Chinese miners in a proposed British Columbia coal mine. Two...

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NDP introduces conflict minerals bill to battle resource exploitation in Congo

OTTAWA – NDP foreign affairs critic Paul Dewar has introduced a bill to fight the spread of so-called “conflict minerals” in the Democratic Republic of Congo — key components for cellphones, computers...

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Pilot accused of shooting up helicopter at remote B.C. mining camp

DEAS LAKE, B.C. – The RCMP say a 37-year-old pilot is expected to appear in a B.C. court in August for allegedly shooting up a helicopter at a remote mining camp. The incident took place early July 12...

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Record-setting $1M fine against Vale for deaths of two workers in Sudbury mine

SUDBURY, Ont. – A Toronto-based mining company has been fined $1 million for the deaths of two workers in a Sudbury, Ont., mine two years ago — the largest work-safety penalty ever levied by a...

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Peter Munk’s final play

Chris Young / CP Back in 1996, Peter Munk sat down with one of his biographers and laid out his 34 “golden rules” for success in business. Some of them offer practical advice: “Always leave something...

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Greenland removes uranium mining ban, Canadian producer Cameco considers...

COPENHAGEN – Greenland’s parliament has agreed to remove a 25-year-old ban on uranium mining, paving the way for an industrial boom that the Arctic island hopes will help it gain independence from...

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Mining industry warns of skilled worker shortage

Glen Paul of New Gold (Murray Mitchell/CP) VANCOUVER – Glen Paul still remembers his first week on the job at a copper-gold mine in British Columbia’s Interior — a position, he says, he landed three...

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Not crazy just a female prospector: Kate Rice honoured for mining first

Kate Rice was so brilliant she could have done anything, and her family was so wealthy she could have done nothing at all. One hundred years ago, the adventurous, tough-as-nails beauty from southern...

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Jobs Report: Can mining recover?

For years, job seekers saw the mining industry as flush with promise. A skills shortage made for plentiful job opportunities, generous salaries and lots of chances to travel. “That’s actually what...

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Northerners want training for careers in mining, energy

Northerners want scientists to help them prepare for sweeping changes expected in the years ahead from resource development and climate change, suggests feedback collected from across the Canadian...

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Mining for the truth in Guatemala

Photo by Roger LeMoyne Rosa Elbira Coc Ich was warming tortillas when the men came. Their trucks rumbled down the dirt road toward her home, a shack she’d rebuilt in eastern Guatemala after a forced...

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Harper announces $2.5M for Saskatchewan miners

AIR RONGE, Sask. – The federal government committed $2.5 million Wednesday to help train miners in northern Saskatchewan. Prime Minister Stephen Harper made the announcement at a training college in...

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B.C. government approves $5.3-billion mine

VANCOUVER – The British Columbia government has granted environmental approval for a proposed $5.3-billion mine in the province’s north, which would tap into one of the largest gold and copper deposits...

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B.C. mining waste forces hundreds to stop using water

QUESNEL, B.C. – Authorities say the equivalent of 2,000 Olympic swimming pools of mining waste has been discharged into waterways in British Columbia’s Cariboo region, forcing hundreds to stop using...

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First Nations chief: Warning about B.C. tailings pond ‘ignored’

Damage from a tailings pond breach is seen near Likely, B.C. on Tuesday. A tailings pond that breached Monday, releasing a slurry of contaminated water and mine waste into several central British...

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Local emergency declared after B.C. mine failure

LIKELY, B.C. — The president of Imperial Metals has apologized to residents living downstream from a toxic flood from one of the company’s gold and copper mines in the British Columbia Interior. Brian...

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What you need to know about tailings ponds

Damage from a tailings pond breach is seen near Likely, B.C. on Tuesday. A tailings pond that breached Monday, releasing a slurry of contaminated water and mine waste into several central British...

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B.C. orders mine to plug leak from tailings pond

VICTORIA – British Columbia’s Environment Ministry has ordered the operator of a mine in the province’s central interior to immediately stop the further release of toxic materials into nearby waterways...

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B.C. mine tailings water metal levels within guidelines

LIKELY, B.C. – The water in a pristine British Columbia lake and river that were flooded with mine waste after a tailing ponds dam burst earlier this week is well within drinking water and aquatic life...

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Water ban linked to B.C. mine tailings spill partially lifted

LIKELY, B.C. – Health officials in B.C. have partially lifted a water ban that followed a spill from a mine tailings pond. A tailings dam at the Mount Polley gold and copper mine, about 600 kilometres...

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Flow from B.C. tailings pond breach reduced

LIKELY, B.C. – British Columbia says there has been a dramatic drop in the amount of material leaking from a breached tailings pond that contaminated waterways in the province’s Cariboo region....

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Fish safe, water ban near B.C. tailings spill mostly lifted

LIKELY, B.C. – A drinking water ban that followed a mine tailings spill in British Columbia was mostly lifted Tuesday and fish from the area were declared safe to eat — the latest signs that health...

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B.C. mining boom prompts environmental fears in Alaska

VANCOUVER – Heather Hardcastle has spent her life fishing for salmon at the mouth of the Taku River, which starts in a remote corner of northwestern British Columbia before dumping into the ocean near...

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Trapped miners rescued in Nicaragua as search continues

BONANZA, Nicaragua – Rescue workers and trapped miners alike frantically dug away at opposite sides of rock and mud that blocked a Nicaragua gold mine, finally succeeding in freeing at least 20 men....

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Feds move toward protecting Canada’s ‘brand’ in foreign mining operations

OTTAWA – It’s taken almost a decade of loud, often unwelcome advocacy, but the federal government appears to finally recognize that Canada’s international brand needs a little spit and polish. In...

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Canadian miners grapple with security risks in Mexico

OAXACA, Mexico – The recent theft of $10.7 million worth of gold from a mine in Mexico has cast a spotlight on the risks of operating in the country. The armed robbery of McEwen Mining’s El Gallo mine...

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In the Klondike, a gold rush becomes an old rush

Archaeologist Jana Morehouse sits next to a recently discovered mammoth tusk. (Government of Yukon) When his employees’ dog dragged a fossilized horse skeleton through the black muck toward him, Yukon...

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