Tag: RingofFire
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Industry Conferences Flag Critical Moment for Mining’s Transformation
With a growing global demand for critical minerals, two of North America’s largest mining conferences have been exploring the strategies and technologies that will drive the sector’s transformation towards sustainability. This week’s Blog from Railveyor highlights the how events such as PDAC and MINEXCHANGE help mining companies overcome challenges related to economic shifts, sustainability pressures,…
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Ring of Fire: High-Stakes Mining in a Lowlands Wilderness
When prospectors discovered a gigantic crescent of metal deposits under the James Bay Lowlands of northern Canada in 2007, the find touched off a mining rush, lured a major American company to spend fortunes in the remote swamp, and forced politicians to confront their legal duty to consult Indigenous Peoples about development on their traditional…