New global standards for mine waste won’t prevent dam failures, critics say
The international standards, which come in response to tailings disasters like Mount Polley, are facing...
The international standards, which come in response to tailings disasters like Mount Polley, are facing...
Panel that reviewed the spill of 24 million cubic metres of mining waste found B.C....
Canada, home to about 60 per cent of global mining companies, has a crucial role...
A mysterious new group claims ‘life is getting back to normal’ at the site of...
A plan to update the province’s antiquated Mines Act will bring more independent oversight of...
Study of four catastrophic dam collapses — including one at B.C.’s Mount Polley mine —...
Four years after the Mount Polley mine first spilled contaminated waste into a once-cherished body...
It was one of the largest environmental disasters in Canada’s history. Now, four years after...
Company’s financial woes raise concerns about the fate of Mount Polley and Red Chris mines
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