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mining industry
Switching to Electric Trucks Could Cut Mining Productivity by 33 Percent: Study
Miners will need to invest more heavily to build charging facilities and deploy more trucks if they want to electrify their mining fleets.
BC Mining Company Wants Civil Suit By 7 Shot Guatemalan Protesters Dismissed
Seven protesters hurt in a spray of rubber bullets outside a mine in Guatemala should not be allowed to sue the mine’s Canadian parent company merely because it has an office in Vancouver, the firm’s lawyer told B.C. Supreme Court.
Mount Polley: A Wake-Up Call for Canada’s Mining Industry
When a tailings pond broke at the Mount Polley gold and copper mine in south-central B.C., spilling millions of cubic metres of waste into a salmon-bearing stream, B.C. Energy and Mines Minister Bill Bennett called it an “extremely rare” occurrence, the first in 40 years for mines operating here.
