Chamber Newsletter: Northern Mining Notes, July 2014

6 August 2014

  • NWT Government awards first ever exploration incentives
  • Global diamond statistics released – NWT still #3 in world value!
  • Gahcho Kué Joint Venture and Lutsel K’e Dene First Nation sign IBA
  • Minister Aglukkaq announces founding meeting of the Arctic Economic Council
  • Port to Port: ArcelorMittal sheet piles to build dock for Baffinland’s Milne Port
  • New owners make recovery improvements to Ekati Diamond Mine
  • Fortune’s NICO Project Water License Approved
  • Visit Diavik Mine virtually?
  • De Beers announces updated model for rough diamond sales
  • Diamond prices – expectations from Stornoway Diamonds
  • Scotiabank Commodity Survey – “Commodity Prices Edge Down In June”
  • Mackenzie Valley Review Board explains what’s different in the new MVRMA
  • New NWT Wildlife Regulations proposed – public input needed
  • NWT Chamber of Commerce Survey – Private Sector Pressure Points
  • Supreme Court of Canada Decision re Tsilhqot’in Nation vs British Columbia
  • But then another SCC Decision on Grassy Narrows says …