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Yahoo
5 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Barrick Publishes GISTM TSF Disclosures
TORONTO, Aug. 05, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Barrick Mining Corporation (NYSE:B)(TSX:ABX) today released site-level disclosures for its tailings storage facilities (TSFs), in alignment with Principle 15 of the Global Industry Standard on Tailings Management (GISTM) and in addition to those facilities disclosed already, in August 2023. Barrick president and chief executive Mark Bristow says Barrick is publishing these further disclosures to provide public access to information about our tailings facilities, reflecting our ongoing commitment to transparency. 'As a member of the International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM), Barrick has played an active role in developing the standard and has been a strong advocate for its industry-wide adoption. The GISTM aligns closely with our own comprehensive tailings management standards. A key focus for us is ensuring our tailings storage facilities are operated and closed responsibly,' said Bristow. Barrick has also worked diligently toward bringing inactive tailings storage facilities into Safe Closure on a priority basis. Group sustainability executive Grant Beringer said: 'Achieving Safe Closure requires long-term risks to human health and the environment to be thoroughly assessed and mitigated. We currently have 13 facilities in Safe Closure, with five more targeted for next year.' 'The safe closure of these facilities requires stakeholders to be engaged, key biodiversity features conserved and cultural values protected.' The TSF disclosures are available at About Barrick Mining Corporation Barrick is a leading global mining, exploration and development company. With one of the largest portfolios of world-class and long-life gold and copper assets in the industry — including six of the world's Tier One gold mines — Barrick's operations and projects span 18 countries and five continents. Barrick is also the largest gold producer in the United States. We create real, long-term value for all stakeholders through responsible mining, strong partnerships and a disciplined approach to growth. Barrick shares trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol 'B' and on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol 'ABX'. Enquiries Group investor and media relationsKathy du Plessis+44 20 7557 7738barrick@ in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
Yahoo
5 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Rio Tinto releases new tailings facilities disclosure aligned with GISTM requirements
MELBOURNE, Australia, August 05, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Rio Tinto has today published detailed information on its global tailings facilities, in alignment with the Global Industry Standard on Tailings Management (GISTM). The disclosure includes updated information on 14 tailings facilities rated Very High or Extreme consequence under GISTM classifications (as previously disclosed on 4 August 2023), along with new information on a further 84 tailings facilities rated Low, High or Significant. Rio Tinto Chief Technical Officer Mark Davies said "Managing tailings responsibly is essential for keeping people, communities and the environment safe from harm and is fundamental to maintaining our social licence. "We are proud to share our management practices transparently and to partner with local communities, our industry peers and regulators to drive transformative improvements in tailings management. "Rio Tinto has committed to implementing the GISTM at all our tailings facilities and we have been working hard over the past five years to bring these into conformance. We have made significant progress and have detailed plans in place to complete the few outstanding items." Details of Rio Tinto's tailings facilities and progress towards GISTM conformance, can be accessed via an interactive map available at View source version on Contacts Please direct all enquiries to Media Relations, United Kingdom Matthew Klar M +44 7796 630 637David Outhwaite M +44 7787 597 493 Media Relations, Australia Matt Chambers M +61 433 525 739Rachel Pupazzoni M +61 438 875 469Bruce Tobin M +61 419 103 454 Media Relations, Canada Simon Letendre M +1 514 796 4973Malika Cherry M +1 418 592 7293Vanessa Damha M +1 514 715 2152 Media Relations, US Jesse Riseborough M +1 202 394 9480 Investor Relations, United Kingdom Rachel ArellanoM: +44 7584 609 644David Ovington M +44 7920 010 978Laura Brooks M +44 7826 942 797Weiwei Hu M +44 7825 907 230 Investor Relations, Australia Tom Gallop M +61 439 353 948Phoebe Lee M +61 413 557 780 Rio Tinto plc 6 St James's SquareLondon SW1Y 4ADUnited KingdomT +44 20 7781 2000Registered in EnglandNo. 719885 Rio Tinto Limited Level 43, 120 Collins StreetMelbourne 3000AustraliaT +61 3 9283 3333Registered in AustraliaABN 96 004 458 404 Category: General Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
CBC
31-07-2025
- General
- CBC
Carcross/Tagish First Nation put in charge of remediating 3 contaminated sites
The First Nation in Yukon is now overseeing the clean-up of tailings at the former Arctic Gold and Silver mill site and the former Venus mine, as well as the remaining contamination at the Chooutla site in Carcross. The CBC's Isabella Calissi has more on what it means for the community.
Globe and Mail
17-06-2025
- Business
- Globe and Mail
Alberta to invest $50-million to help develop oil sands water, tailings technologies
Alberta has earmarked $50-million to boost technologies that can help reduce and manage the massive oil sands tailings ponds in the province's north. The cash for the new program, announced Tuesday, will come from the province's carbon price on large emitters. The program will be managed by Emissions Reduction Alberta through a competition for private companies to develop new and existing technologies that make tailings and water treatment cheaper and more effective. Successful applicants can receive up to $15-million per project, with a minimum funding request of $1-million. Emissions Reduction Alberta, which distributes government funds to help innovators develop and demonstrate Alberta-based technologies that lower emissions and costs for industries, will contribute no more than half to any single project. Tailings are a by-product of the process used to extract bitumen from mined oil sands, and are a mixture of sand, clay, water, silt, residual bitumen and other hydrocarbons, salts and trace metals. The issue of how to deal with them has bedevilled Alberta for years. There are roughly 1.4 million cubic metres of fluid tailings and more than 390 million cubic metres of water in ponds in the oil sands region. Although some ponds have been reclaimed, the volume of tailings continues to grow, in part because any water captured on a site must be kept there – even if it's snow melt or rain that hasn't been used in the mining process. Alberta fails to move needle on emissions reduction plan Remediating oil sands mines could cost $130-billion, according to a 2018 internal Alberta Energy Regulator memo, though in an official estimate the regulator puts the cost around $34-billion. Managing tailings is a complex problem, Alberta Environment Minister Rebecca Schulz said at a Tuesday press conference at the University of Calgary, where she announced the $50-million program. Not only do they create an environmental and financial liability, she said, they also take water permanently out of the system, preventing it from being used by others who need it. Some companies use internal water recycling at their sites that surpass 90 per cent, saving millions of litres from ending up in a tailings pond. And the sector has invested billions of dollars into testing ways to adapt and develop new water treatment technologies, Ms. Schulz said. Oil sands CEOs optimistic for movement on $16-billion carbon capture project But that work needs to shift into overdrive: 'We need more advanced technologies to help reduce, treat and manage mine water,' she said. Justin Riemer, chief executive of Emissions Reduction Alberta, said at the press conference that the $50-million competition is designed to hasten pilot programs and deployment of the most promising solutions. It will be focused on technologies that treat oil sands waste water, accelerate and lower the costs of land reclamation, and reduce the use of fresh water in oil sands operations. Kendall Dilling, president of the Pathways Alliance, a group of oil sands companies that have pledged to bring production to net-zero by 2050, said at the press conference that the program will play an important role in addressing the tailings issue. But, he added, companies will continue to use a vast array of tools to deal with tailings, including sharing water between mine sites to minimize new withdrawals from the Athabasca River. The oil sands sector has been waiting for more than a decade for a treat-and-release regulation from the federal government, similar to policies that govern other mining industries. Ms. Schulz said she had some productive conversations with former federal environment minister Steven Guilbeault about the tailings issue, but she has not yet spoken with his replacement, Julie Dabrusin. Multiple cases of spills and leaks from tailings ponds have been reported by oil companies in recent years. At Imperial Oil Ltd.'s Kearl site, a long-running leak has resulted in an unknown volume of tailings leeching into the environment. A drainage storage pond at the site also overflowed, spilling roughly 5.3 million litres of industrial waste water laced with pollutants into the environment, and another incident sent thousands of litres of water from a settling pond into the Muskeg River. In April, 2023, almost six million litres of water with more than twice the legal limit of suspended solids was released from a pond at Suncor's Fort Hills oil sands project into the Athabasca River watershed. A recent study by an Alberta ecologist found that the province's energy regulator lacks the data required to assess and manage the environmental impact of tailings spills, and has underestimated the number and volumes of spills in the oil sands.
CTV News
17-06-2025
- Business
- CTV News
Alberta announces new challenge aimed at transforming tailings ponds
Rebecca Schulz, minister of environment and protected areas, speaks in Calgary on Tuesday, June 17, 2025. Alberta has announced $50 million in funding to help entice companies to come up with new and improved technologies to reduce oil sands mine water and reclaim tailings ponds. The province announced the Tailings Technology Challenge at a news conference in Calgary on Tuesday. 'We look forward to seeing the innovative solutions that come out of this funding challenge,' said Rebecca Schulz, minister of environment and protected areas. Oil sands processing creates leftover water called tailings that need to be properly managed. In the oil sands, tailings are a mixture of water, sand, clay and residual bitumen that are the byproduct of the oil extraction process. 'Tailings and mine water management remains among the most significant challenges facing Alberta's energy sector,' said Justin Riemer, Emissions Reduction Alberta CEO. The Tailings Technology Challenge is open to oil sands operators and technology providers until Sept. 24. Eligible technologies include both engineered and natural solutions. 'Innovation has always played an instrumental role in the oil sands and continues to be an area of focus,' said Kendall Dilling, Pathways Alliance president. 'Oil sands companies are collaborating and investing to advance environmental technologies, including many focused on mine water and tailings management.' 'We're excited to see this initiative, as announced today, seeking to explore technology development in an area that's important to all Albertans.' The money for the challenge is from the industry-funded Technology Innovation and Emissions Reduction Regulation (TIER) fund.
