Precious metals miner Agnico Eagle Mines has inked a deal to provide wind power at its Hope Bay mine in the Nunavut’s Kitikmeot region in Canada. Under an MoU with Agnico, a consortium comprising Quebec-based Tugliq Energy Co. and Hiqiniq Energy Corp., a subsidiary of Inuity-owned economic development firm Kitikmeot Corp, will build and operate and Read More
Gold miners work in the open pit mine at Agnico Eagle's Meadowbank site near Baker Lake, Nunavut. Credit: Canadian Press. Major Nunavut employer Agnico Eagle sent a missive urging investment in renewable energy as an alternative to a carbon tax to Nunavut Premier Peter Taptuna last month, citing concerns about cost.The company owns the Meadowbank Gold Read More
“Mining companies are looking for opportunities to use economic forms of alternative energy in order to reduce their reliance on stand-alone diesel generators and the generation of greenhouse gases,” says R. Brent Murphy, Vice President of Environmental Affairs at Seabridge Gold. For its KSM project in British Columbia which will be grid connected, Seabridge Gold has Read More
