16/05/2017
Metals don’t just fall from the sky. And that’s a good thing : THE MINING INDUSTRY LAUNCHES A NEW CAMPAIGN TO HIGHLIGHT THE ESSENTIAL NATURE OF ITS ACTIVITIES IN QUEBECERS EVERYDAY LIFEQuébec City, May 16, 2017 – All the objects we use in our everyday lives come, in one way or another, from mining. From tableware to cellphones, from the bridges we cross to the scissors and needles we use to make clothes, the mining industry is...
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QUÉBEC MINING WEEK 2017 HAS STARTED!Québec City, May 8, 2017 – The Québec Mining Association (QMA) has proudly launched the 26th edition of Québec Mining Week. From now until May 14, people of all ages will be able to take part in a wide range of activities to discover or find out...
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Government authorization for the Canadian Malartic Mine : GOOD NEWS FOR MINING DEVELOPMENT ACCORDING TO THE QUÉBEC MINING ASSOCIATIONQuébec City, April 19, 2017 – The Québec Mining Association (QMA) welcomes the Québec government decision to authorize the extension of the Canadian Malartic Mine, which will consolidate high-quality jobs, ensure major economic benefits for...
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$13 million to support COREM's activities : THE QUÉBEC MINING ASSOCIATION WELCOMES THE SUPPORT PROVIDED FOR MINING R&D BY THE QUÉBEC GOVERNMENTQuébec City, April 12, 2017 – "By securing funding for COREM over the next five years and supporting the development of its hydometallurgy platform, the Québec government is helping to diversify Québec's mineral sector and confirming the...
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VAL-D’OR HOSTS THE QUÉBEC MINING ASSOCIATION'S MAINTENANCE SEMINARQuébec City, April 4, 2017 – The maintenance seminar organized by the Québec Mining Association (QMA) brought together 130 people to listen to presentations and discuss various topics of current interest in the mining industry, such as technology,...
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2017-2018 Québec government budget : MEASURES THAT RESPOND TO SEVERAL CONCERNS RAISED BY THE QUÉBEC MINING ASSOCIATIONQuébec City, March 28, 2017 – The 2017-2018 budget tabled by the Minister of Finance, Carlos Leitão, contains a series of measures that reflect some of the realities facing mining companies. In the view of the Québec Mining Association, the budget...
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Increase in mining investment in 2016 : THE QUÉBEC MINING ASSOCIATION HIGHLIGHTS THE IMPORTANCE OF RETAINING MOMENTUMQuébec City, March 28, 2017 – For the first time since 2012, mining investment has stopped its decline in Québec. The Institut de la statistique records a slight increase of $63.1 million in 2016 compared to 2015, with a total of $2.56 billion. In...
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The Québec Mining Association reacts to the annual survey by the Fraser Institute : QUÉBEC IMPROVES ITS WORLDWIDE RANKING, BUT LOSES GROUND IN CANADAQuébec City, February 28, 2017 – Québec ranks as the 6th most attractive destination for mining investment worldwide according to the annual survey released by the Fraser Institute, moving two places higher compared to last year. The Québec Mining...
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THE QUÉBEC MINING ASSOCIATION SATISFIED BY THE MERN GUIDELINES ON SOCIAL ACCEPTABILITYQuébec City, January 24, 2017 – The Québec Mining Association (QMA) is satisfied by the guidelines on social acceptability issued by the Ministère de l’Énergie et des Ressources naturelles (MERN) and made public by Minister Pierre Arcand. It notes...
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Research and development in the mining sector : SOREDEM RECOGNIZES THE WORK OF A STUDENT FROM ROUYN-NORANDAQuébec City, January 18, 2017 – The Québec Mining Association (QMA) and the mining research and development corporation SOREDEM are pleased to announce that the 2016 Claude Drouin scholarship has been awarded to Audrey Goulet, originally from...
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