Tag: tailings
Alberta Energy Regulator Releases Water Use Report
The Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) has released a new report on how the province’s energy industry uses water in an effort to drive improved...
B.C. Company Could Provide Lithium Extraction for Mining Wastewater
Zadar Ventures Ltd. has announced that it entered into a memorandum of understanding with FlowBack Solutionz Canada Inc., a Canadian oil well wastewater treatment...
Institute Questions Remediation Timeline of Tailings Fluid
Last week, the Pembina Institute released a whitepaper questioning the remediation timeline of tailings fluid in Alberta as a result of oilsands mining.
The report...
Concern for Mount Polley Mine Water Management
In the aftermath of the August 4, 2014, Mount Polley mine disaster, the communities of Mount Polley and Likely, B.C., approved the diversion of...
Time to Backtrack
Growing up near Elliot Lake, Ontario, Lorraine Rekmans remembers picking berries near Elliot Lake. A band member of Serpent River First Nation, Rekman’s maternal...
Ottawa Receives Water Contamination Complaint
The federal government is failing to enforce anti-pollution provisions of the federal Fisheries Act by allowing oilsands tailings ponds to leak contaminated materials into...
SNC-Lavalin Acquires Chilean Firm
Montreal's SNC-Lavalin has acquired of VST Ingenieros Ltda, a leading Chilean consulting engineering firm specialized in mining geotechnical work with expertise and technology in...
