Tag: mining
Study: Using microbes to get more out of mining waste
Researchers have developed a new mining technique which uses microbes to recover metals and store carbon in the waste produced by mining. Adopting this...
BQE Water awarded second operations contract for Selen-IX™ Water Treatment Plant...
Vancouver -BQE Water Inc. has signed an Operating Services Agreement to provide operations services for a water treatment plant utilizing its award winning Selen-IX™ process...
Yukon Releases New Guidelines for Quartz Mining Projects
The Government of Yukon has released guidelines to help the industry improve water management at quartz mining projects.
According to the Government of Yukon, these...
Overcoming the Mine Water Management Challenge
If ever there was an industry that put water professionals to the test, it would be mining. It demands excellence and innovation in all...
B.C. Updates Rules for Water Use in Mineral Exploration and Mining
Updated rules for water use in mineral exploration and small-scale placer mining operations are now in place in British Columbia (B.C.).
The updated provisions, under...
TMAC Resources Inc. Fined for Failure to Comply with Metal Mining...
Nunavut-based TMAC Resources Inc. has been ordered to pay $50,000, in the Nunavut Court of Justice, after pleading guilty to one offence under the Fisheries...
Water Security in the Mining Sector
What is the state of play for catalyzing water security in the mining sector?
This was the key question that Christina Copeland, senior manager for...
Selkirk First Nation and Minto Explorations Release Socio-Economic Impact Report
In early August, Selkirk First Nation, Minto Explorations Ltd., and the Government of Yukon released the Minto Mine Socio-Economic Monitoring Program’s 2015 Annual Report.
According...
Water Data Comes to Life with New Tools and Approaches
Understanding and deriving value from environmental data is an ongoing challenge for watershed managers and regulators. In an era where the demand for community...
Terrapure and Vale Win Exemplary Biosolids Management Award
Burlington, Ontario-based Terratec Environmental, a division solutions provider Terrapure is the recipient of the Water Environment Association of Ontario (WEAO) 2018 Exemplary Biosolids Management Award.
The company was...
