Mining

Fire at Quintette

On Sunday, August 20, Conuma employees were working on the thermal dryer at Quintette when it caught fire. The Tumbler Ridge Fire Department attended the...

Mining Month: Let’s get critical

What’s so critical about critical minerals? Certain minerals are so essential to Canada’s climate objectives, economic and national security, they have been designated as “critical...

Opportunities right under our feet

It’s May, which means it’s time to celebrate Mining Month in BC. This year, the theme is “The opportunity is right under our feet”. According to...

Environmental Impact Assessments not living up to promise, says study

A recent paper, co-authored by Rosemary Collard, Jessica Dempsey, Bruce Muir, Robyn Allan, Abigail Herd, and Peter Bode, argues that Environmental Impact Assessments (EIA),...

Quintette sale now official

After announcing the sale of Quintette late last year, Teck has closed a deal with Conuma that will see the mine re-open under new...

Quintette to be purchased by Conuma and reopened

After 22 years in care and maintenance mode, Teck has finally decided to do something with Quintette. They have decided to sell it. The announcement came...

Have a very unmerry Christmas: Glencore gets stocking full of (no) coal

While people in Tumbler Ridge are cautiously celebrating the sale of Quintette mine to Conuma Coal, feelings are less enthusiastic about the Federal and...

Update on Peace River Coal

Despite rumours, Peace River Coal is not going to be re-opening any time soon, at least, not under the auspices of Anglo American.  We recently...

HD Mining aiming for “substantial start” by October, 2025

For the last eight years, the Murray River project has been in care and maintenance as HD Mining has been working on finding funding...

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