28/03/2017
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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Government policy direction on land use and development – mining component : THE QUÉBEC MINING ASSOCIATION HOPES THAT REGIONAL COUNTY MUNICIPALITIES WILL SUPPORT MINING DEVELOPMENTQuébec City, January 11, 2017 – Following the publication of the government policy direction on land use and development for mining activities, the Québec Mining Association (QMA) welcomes the government's objective of ensuring that mining...
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Study of mining sector benefits commissioned by the Québec Mining Association : EXPENDITURE OF ALMOST $300 MILLION FOR THE SAGUENAY-LAC-ST-JEAN REGIONQuébec City, January 9, 2017 – Annual expenditure of $297.2 million, 2,680 jobs created or maintained, and a network of 478 suppliers—these are the key points that highlight the importance of the mining industry for the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean...
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Study of mining sector benefits commissioned by the Québec Mining Association : EXPENDITURE OF ALMOST $230 MILLION IN THE CAPITALE-NATIONALE REGIONQuébec City, January 9, 2017 – Annual expenditure of $228.6 million, 2,603 jobs created or maintained, and a network of 284 suppliers—these are the key points that highlight the importance of the mining industry for the Capitale Nationale region....
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Study of mining sector benefits commissioned by the Québec Mining Association : EXPENDITURE OF OVER $470 MILLION IN THE MONTÉRÉGIE REGIONQuébec City, January 9, 2017 – Annual expenditure of $472.1 million, 6,716 jobs created or maintained, and a network of 331 suppliers—these are the key points that highlight the importance of the mining industry for the Montérégie region. They are...
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Study of mining sector benefits commissioned by the Québec Mining Association : EXPENDITURE OF $110 MILLION IN THE CHAUDIÈRE-APPALACHES REGIONQuébec City, January 9, 2017 – Annual expenditure of $110.4 million, 1,151 jobs created or maintained, and a network of 81 suppliers—these are the key points that highlight the importance of the mining industry for the Chaudière-Appalaches region....
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The year 2016 reviewed by the Québec Mining Association : DESPITE THE SLOWDOWN THAT CONTINUED THROUGHOUT 2016, THE MINING INDUSTRY SEES ENCOURAGING SIGNS FOR 2017Québec City, December 22, 2016 – According to the Québec Mining Association (QMA), the slowdown in the mining sector that began several years ago continued throughout 2016. However, the opening of Québec's first diamond mine, Stornoway's Renard...
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