Residents of the Yukon now have a permanent way to recycle certain household hazardous waste, following the launch of Interchange Recycling’s new collection site at the Whitehorse waste management facility. The site opened in August and marks the company’s first expansion beyond British Columbia, where nearly 50 million litres of used oil are collected each […] The post Interchange Recycling launches first Yukon depot for hazardous waste appeared first on Environmental Science & Enginee...| Environmental Science & Engineering Magazine
Mine water treatment and management firm, BQE Water Inc., has discharged more than 600,000 m³ of treated water into the environment under its contract with PricewaterhouseCoopers Inc., the court-appointed receiver of Victoria Gold Corp., for emergency treatment at the Eagle Gold Mine in Yukon. The heap leach failure and landslide occurred at the Victoria Gold […] The post BQE Water reaches remediation milestone at Yukon mine impacted by cyanide appeared first on Environmental Science & Eng...| Environmental Science & Engineering Magazine
On the one-year anniversary of the heap leach failure at the Eagle Gold Mine, Yukon Minister of Energy, Mines and Resources, John Streicker, issued a statement to recognize the seriousness of the disaster’s environmental impacts. The heap leach failure and landslide occurred at the Victoria Gold Corporation’s Eagle Mine on June 24, 2024, sliding nearly […] The post Cyanide remediation at Eagle Gold Mine reaches one-year milestone appeared first on Environmental Science & Engineering Mag...| Environmental Science & Engineering Magazine
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