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December 29, 2024

Ron Finklestien

mining

“Mount Polley Dam Breach Anniversary: 15 Charges Filed a Decade Later”

Mount Polley Mine’s Legal Troubles Escalate Following Tailings Pond Incident Authorities Investigate Environmental Breach: A Historic Overview Over 17 million cubic meters of water and eight million cubic meters of tailings effluent — containing toxic copper and gold mining waste — flowed into lakes and streams that supported salmon spawning in British Columbia’s Cariboo region. Environment and Climate Change Canada, along with Fisheries and Oceans Canada, are investigating potential violations of the Federal Fisheries Act related to the tailings pond breach. The BC Conservation Officer Service shared this information in a statement on Tuesday. These agencies are operating as the

April 20, 2024

Ron Finklestien

mining

The Great Gold Caper: Unraveling Canada’s Biggest Heist

Uncovering the Heist Canada had its own real-life “Goldfinger” saga with a daring heist back in April at Pearson Airport, the country’s bustling hub, where thieves brazenly made off with potentially over C$20 million in gold from a cargo storage area. Swiss giants Raiffeisen Schweiz Genossenschaft and Valcambi SA entrusted Brink’s with the precious cargo’s transportation from Zurich to Toronto, a move that would soon turn into an international scandal. The Twist in the Tale In a classic turn of events, Brink’s then engaged Air Canada to fly the valuable treasures across the two cities. However, in a surprising development

January 26, 2024

Ron Finklestien

mining

BHP Faces Review of $9.7bn Charges Over Brazil Dam Failure BHP Faces Review of $9.7bn Charges Over Brazil Dam Failure

Five years have passed since the devastating collapse of the Fundão dam in Brazil, yet the repercussions for BHP, one of the joint owners of the Samarco venture with Vale, are far from over. The dam failure unleashed a cataclysmic 39.2 million cubic meters of tailings waste into the Rio Doce Basin, an environmental catastrophe that took the lives of 19 individuals. This week, BHP has been confronted with an interlocutory ruling, a pivotal development in the protracted legal fallout stemming from the calamitous event. BHP has been at the center of a legal maelstrom following the 2015 dam breach,