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It was felt that mining activity needed to be more regulated and that a Mining Commissioner should be appointed to decide disputes between claimants. The result was the Mines Act of 1906. While there had been mining laws in Ontario dating back to 1864, the Mines Act of 1906 was a comprehensive revision and update to those laws.
The Mining Act [notes 1] only allows exploration activities, not the construction of permanent structures. Marten Falls First Nations Chief Eli Moonias explained in 2010 that Noront Resources did not have "permits to construct landing strips on the string bog or roads to the nearby airstrip". "The two First Nations proposed that they should ...
[5] [6] The strike prompted Ontario Premier Bill Davis on 10 September 1974 to ask engineer and university administrator [7] James Ham to lead a commission on the health and safety of workers in uranium mines. [4] [8] The commission focused on the two uranium mining regions in Ontario: Elliot Lake and Bancroft. James Ham submitted his report on ...
The Elliot Lake Miners Strike was a wildcat strike by approximately 1,000 uranium miners who worked at Denison uranium mine in the Elliot Lake area of Ontario, Canada. [1] [2] The strike was the first time that Canadian workers had taken industrial action over safety concerns, and it led to Ontario Premier Bill Davis creating a royal commission which led to the creation of new health and ...
Following the 2022 Ontario general election, the Ministry of Northern Development, Mines, Natural Resources and Forestry was split up into three separate ministries. In June, 2024, the Minister of Natural Resources no longer had responsibility for forestry, which was now the responsibility of an Associate Minister of Forestry under the Minister ...
Ontario Mine Rescue is the program that creates, oversees and evaluates mine rescue training and standards in the province of Ontario. [1] The Ontario Mine Rescue program is administered by Workplace Safety North, part of the prevention arm of the Ontario Ministry of Labour .
The Ontario Ministry of Labour fined Vale Limited $1,050,000 under the Occupational Health and Safety Act after Vale pleaded guilty to three counts related to mine safety. [ 4 ] Vale Limited announced in 2012 that production at the mine would be suspended at the year's end.
This is a list of mines in the Canadian province of Ontario and includes both operating and closed mines. Adams Mine; Agnew Lake Mine; Amalgamated Larder Mine; Argonaut Mine; Armistice Mine; Associated Goldfields Mine; Barber Larder Mine; Barton Mine; Beanland Mine; Bell Creek Mine; Bidgood Mine; Bicroft Mine (uranium) Big Dan Mine; Black Fox ...