Chamber Newsletter: Northern Mining Notes, November 2015

4 December 2015

In this November's issue:

  • De Beers put Snap Lake diamond mine on care and maintenance
  • NWT Diamond Mines Face Challenging Markets
  • 2015 Exploration Expenditures: up 28% in Nunavut, down 9% in NWT
  • Diavik finds 187.7 carat diamond – may be largest in Canadian history
  • Stuff is happening at Hope Bay! TMAC describes path to new NU mine
  • Cantung mine closes, bankruptcy protection, GNWT buys Mactung property
  • NWT Government buys Mactung property as part of Cantung mine bankruptcy
  • Sabina works with communities to advance aboriginal fisheries restoration
  • Quick source of Nunavut Regulatory project updates
  • Tibbitt to Contwoyto Ice Road could be one of busiest ever
  • Mine Training Society graduates a pilot Tlicho Job Readiness program
  • NWT to Preserve Deteriorating Rock Sample Resources
  • Kudos to MAC’s Towards Sustainable Mining
  • 2016 WSCC Rates Announced
  • New Report! 2015 NWT Mineral Exploration Overview
  • Geoscience Forum 2015 a Success!
  • Tungsten – A quick glimpse at what you need to know
  • Indigenous Peoples and Mining – New ICMM Report
  • Is there hidden treasure in the mining industry? McKinsey Opinion
  • Scotiabank – Commodity Prices Rally in October
  • New Chamber of Mines issue of Mining North magazine released!
  • Welcome New Members!
  • Calendar of Events
  • Member News Releases this past month
  • Mines & Promising Northwest Territories Mine Projects
  • Mines & Promising Nunavut Mine Projects
  • Project Maps