A group of 15 nongovernmental organisations (NGOs) on Tuesday urged the British Columbia government to implement firmer legislation regarding how mines dispose of waste in the province.
While British Columbia was busy with deliberations over the British Columbia mining code, an international coalition published a study entitled ‘Post-Mount Polley: Tailings Dam Safety in British Columbia’, which revealed that four significant mine projects in the Alaska/British Columbia transboundary region failed to implement the recommendations of the Mount Polley expert panel, increasing the risk for similar mine waste containment disasters.
