Tag: mine tailings

Canada to invest $10M in critical minerals mining

NAM Staff

Canada’s Minister of Energy and Natural Resources has announced two investments of C$5 million each to the Mining Innovation Rehabilitation and Applied Research Corp (MIRARCO) and Electra Battery Materials to support the country’s critical minerals sector. “Today’s total investment of $10 million to Electra and MIRARCO will help to advance the development of dynamic and competitive critical minerals value chains…

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Teck, UBC invest in tailings research acceleration pact

NAM Staff

Miner Teck and the University of British Columbia (UBC) have together announced a C$4 million investment in a professorship that will advance research and education in mine tailings management safety and sustainability. UBC is matching Teck’s $2 million endowment to fund lab-based research at undergraduate and graduate levels as well as a new professor to oversee the work. The latter…

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