A new “cold rush” is mining northern mineral riches. Canada’s Giant Mine serves as a warning of the high and long-term cost of such expeditions.

Three of Canada’s top five most expensive federal contaminated sites are abandoned mines in the North: Giant Mine in the Northwest Territories at an estimated $4.38 billion and the Faro and ...

Environment and Climate Change Canada says that after Giant Mine, the four most expensive cleanups are the Faro Mine in Yukon, the Port Hope Area Initiative in Ontario, Esquimalt Harbour in ...

The town of Cobalt was once a booming silver-mining metropolis in the early 1900s ... It's easily one of the most historic towns in northern Ontario and has even earned itself the title of ...

TORONTO – The Ontario government is introducing a new regulation under the Mining Act that would make it easier to recover residual metals and minerals from mine waste that could be found at operating ...

Queen's University, Ontario provides funding as a founding ... Adopting our suggested solutions could help Canada address its own abandoned mine risks and ensure a more sustainable future for ...

TORONTO, Oct 30 (Reuters) - In the race to secure copper for the clean energy transition and artificial intelligence applications, a range of companies are firing up abandoned assets once seen as ...