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Production guidance trimmed for Greenstone, Highland Valley Copper expansion approved, and G7 announces critical minerals plan

1 week ago | magazine.cim.org | Ashley Fish-Robertson

Welcome back to your weekly mining news recap, where we catch you up on some of the news you may have missed. This week’s headlines include funding to support several Canadian companies advancing mining technologies, Barrick’s Loulo-Gounkoto complex being placed under court-appointed administration, and the Strange Lake project receiving financial support.
Equinox Gold sees a slow start at Greenstone mine

1 week ago | magazine.cim.org | Ashley Fish-Robertson

A lag in production ramp-up at the Greenstone gold mine has led Equinox Gold to cut its 2025 gold output forecast for its key operation in northwestern Ontario. The open pit gold mine's original production guidance for this year ranged from 300,000 to 350,000 ounces, but that estimate has now been lowered to between 220,000 and 260,000 ounces. Equinox first declared commercial production at Greenstone on Nov. 6, 2024.
Dundee to acquire Adriatic Metals, Ontario Mine Rescue winners announced, and McEwen Mining begins Stock mine construction

2 weeks ago | magazine.cim.org | Ashley Fish-Robertson

Welcome back to your weekly mining news recap, where we catch you up on some of the news you may have missed. This week’s headlines include Glencore’s Horne smelter revising its arsenic emissions strategy, the U.S. and China striking a rare earths deal, and McIlvenna Bay workers returning to the site following wildfire evacuation.
Glencore Kidd wins Ontario Mine Rescue competition

2 weeks ago | magazine.cim.org | Ashley Fish-Robertson

A team from Glencore Kidd Operations claimed first place in the 2025 Ontario Mine Rescue provincial competition, emerging as the top team among eight regional contenders. Hosted at the Kidd mine site in Timmins from June 3 to 5, the annual event challenged mine rescue teams with a series of hands-on emergency scenarios and a theory test.
Construction under way at McEwen Mining’s Stock mine

2 weeks ago | magazine.cim.org | Ashley Fish-Robertson

Toronto-headquartered McEwen Mining announced the start of construction of a new ramp system and portal at its Stock gold mine on June 5, marking a significant development within its Fox complex located in Timmins, Ontario. Construction of the ramp system and portal will provide the company with underground access to the mine’s three primary gold zones—West, Main and East—while enabling cost-effective underground drilling to explore potential depth extensions.
Record-breaking depths

2 weeks ago | magazine.cim.org | Mehanaz Yakub |Virginia Heffernan |Correy Baldwin

The dual-shaft return air raise at Vale Canada’s Thompson T3 nickel mine in Manitoba, developed by underground mine contracting and engineering firm Cementation Canada Inc., reached a milestone in September 2023. After nearly 600 days of operation, the project set a new record for the longest continuous raise bore in the Americas at 1,076 metres (3,529 feet). Sign Up Already signed up?
U.S. doubles steel and aluminum tariffs, expedited land use planning for northwestern B.C., and possible mega-mergers ahead

3 weeks ago | magazine.cim.org | Kelsey Rolfe |Ashley Fish-Robertson

Welcome back to your weekly mining news recap, where we catch you up on some of the news you may have missed. This week’s headlines include the passage of Ontario’s contentious bill to fast-track major projects, Export Development Canada’s interest in supporting Defense Metals’ Wicheeda project, and more wildfire disruptions to multiple mine sites.
Policy questions

3 weeks ago | magazine.cim.org | Ryan Bergen |Kelsey Rolfe |Anne Millar |Mary Wells

A few years ago, at a mining conference and trade show in the United States, I met a man who had once been a miner in the eastern U.S. He was both friendly and gruff. He shared stories with me about working in underground coal mines and the near misses he had survived. When he retold how he had nearly been buried alive under coal and had to dig himself out, it was not with relief that those days were behind him, but with pride that he had the mettle to work with that risk and shrug it off.
Changes to Ontario’s fast-track bill, Trump’s tariff powers temporarily restored, and several projects affected by Prairie wildfires

4 weeks ago | magazine.cim.org | Ashley Fish-Robertson

Welcome back to your weekly mining news recap, where we catch you up on some of the news you may have missed. This week’s headlines include seismic activity delaying the restart of Kakula mine operations, approval of the Oak Flat land swap for the Resolution Copper project, and the safe evacuation of all Kloof mine workers.
Trump administration fast-tracks Utah uranium project

1 month ago | magazine.cim.org | Ashley Fish-Robertson

This story has been updated since its original publication on May 16, 2025, to reflect new information. B.C.-headquartered Anfield Energy announced on May 27 the approval of its Velvet-Wood uranium and vanadium project in southeastern Utah. The environmental review for the project was completed by the federal Bureau of Land Management within 14 days.