Press Releases
February
15/02/2018
A STUDENT FROM SAINT-BRUNO-DE-MONTARVILLE RECEIVES AN AWARD FROM THE QUÉBEC MINING ASSOCIATION
Québec City, February 15, 2018 – The Québec Mining Association (QMA) is pleased to announce that Laura Paquet, originally from Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville and currently a student in the Bachelor's level geological engineering program at...
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15/02/2018
A STUDENT FROM BROSSARD RECEIVES AN AWARD FROM THE QUÉBEC MINING ASSOCIATION
Québec City, February 15, 2018 – The Québec Mining Association (QMA) is pleased to announce that Celina Wan Chun Wah, originally from Brossard and currently a mining engineering student at McGill University, has been awarded the 2018 mining...
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15/02/2018
A STUDENT FROM THE MUNICIPALITY OF LABELLE RECEIVES AN AWARD FROM THE QUÉBEC MINING ASSOCIATION
Québec City, February 15, 2018 – The Québec Mining Association (QMA) is pleased to announce that Mikaël Morin-Innes, originally from Labelle and currently a student in mine engineering at Polytechnique Montréal, has been awarded the 2018 mining...
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14/02/2018
Major reform of environmental regulations : THE QUÉBEC MINING ASSOCIATION SATISFIED BY THE GOVERNMENT'S DECISION TO GRANT MORE TIME FOR THE ANALYSIS OF THE DRAFT REGULATIONS
Québec City, February 14, 2018 – The Québec Mining Association (QMA) is satisfied by the decision of the Minister of Sustainable Development, the Environment and the Fight Against Climate Change, Isabelle Melançon, to postpone the coming into...
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December
14/12/2017
2017 results for Québec's mining industry : THE QUÉBEC MINING ASSOCIATION SEES GROUNDS FOR OPTIMISM
Québec City, December 14, 2017 – The Québec Mining Association (QMA) views the last year in a positive light. The results confirm the new momentum in Québec's mining sector, in particular thanks to gold prices which have remained strong and...
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November
15/11/2017
Increase in mining investment in 2016 : MINING COMPANIES POISED FOR ACTION ACCORDING TO THE QUÉBEC MINING ASSOCIATION
Québec City, November 15, 2017 – The Québec Mining Association (QMA) is pleased to see the increase in mining investment reported in the most recent publication of Québec's institute of statistics (Institut de la statistique du Québec, or ISQ). It...
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October
11/10/2017
Cabinet reshuffle : THE QUÉBEC MINING ASSOCIATION WELCOMES THE NEW CABINET ARRANGEMENTS
Québec City, October 11, 2017 – Following the cabinet reshuffle completed by Premier Couillard, the Québec Mining Association (QMA) welcomes the appointment of the new Minister of Energy and Natural Resources and the new Minister of Sustainable...
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05/10/2017
Québec 2017 job creation awards : THE MINING INDUSTRY IN THE ABITIBI-TÉMISCAMINGUE AND NORD-DU-QUÉBEC REGIONS RECOGNIZED FOR ITS CONTRIBUTION TO QUÉBEC'S PROSPERITY
Québec City, October 5, 2017 – The first-ever job creation awards ceremony for Québec, the Prix Créateurs d’emplois du Québec, has highlighted the major contribution made by job creators in developing Québec and its regions. The Québec Mining...
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September
19/09/2017
53rd Health and Safety Seminar of the Québec Mining Association WORKPLACE HEALTH AND SAFETY: A PRIORITY FOR THE MINING INDUSTRY
Québec City, September 19, 2017 – Even though the accident rate continues to decline, the mining industry remains focused on modernizing its methods in order to remain among the leaders in the field of workplace health and safety. This is why, for...
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12/09/2017
HEALTH AND SAFETY IN MINES : A CONSTANT PRIORITY FOR THE QUÉBEC MINING ASSOCIATION AND ITS MEMBERS
Québec City, September 12, 2017 – The Québec Mining Association (QMA) is disappointed by the public pronouncement made by United Steelworkers, which raises doubts about workplace health and safety conditions in Québec's mines.
"Never, at any...
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