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The first truly industrial mining operation in what is now Canada was an iron mine at Forges du Saint-Maurice near Trois-Rivières in Quebec, which remained a going concern from 1738 to 1883. [1] Copper mining in Bruce Mines , Ontario—the first industrial-scale mine of a substance other than iron—followed in 1848. [ 2 ]
The mine is owned by Cameco (70%), and Orano Canada (30%) (formerly Areva Resources Canada, formerly COGEMA Resources Inc.) Cameco is the mine operator. In 2012, McArthur River was the world's largest producing uranium mine, accounting for 13% of world mine production. [1] Canada, as a whole, produces 15% of the world's uranium production.
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In 2005, Creighton mine produced an average of 3,755 tons of ore per day on a 6 days per week schedule. 2007 was a breakthrough in mining extraction and exploration, with the conformation of mineralization at depth, [18] which produced 793,000 tonnes of ore with grades of 1.62% copper and 2.8% nickel.
He is the chairman and chief executive officer of McEwen Mining and was the founder and former chairman and chief executive officer of Goldcorp. In January 2019, Goldcorp merged with Newmont creating Newmont Goldcorp Corporation, which today is the largest gold mining company in the world. McEwen followed his father into the investment industry ...
Area Name Location Owner Years operating Bancroft: Bicroft Mine: near Bancroft Barrick Gold: 1957–1963 Dyno Mine: Cardiff: Ovintiv: 1958–1960 Fission Mine
The Canadian Malartic Corporation (formerly Osisko Mining Corporation) is a mining company that operates the Malartic mine near Malartic, Quebec. Prior to 2014 the company was a public company named Osisko Mining Corporation with shares listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange and New York Stock Exchange .
MiningWatch Canada is a non-governmental organization based in Ottawa, Ontario. Founded in 1999, [ 1 ] it acts as a watchdog of Canada's mining industry. MiningWatch is part of the Canadian Network on Corporate Accountability, [ 2 ] the Canadian Council for International Cooperation, [ 3 ] and the Halifax Initiative .