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Building a mine in British Columbia: hurry up and wait

Building a mine in British Columbia: hurry up and wait Mountain view at Eskay Creek. Image by Skeena Resources. So, you want to spend hundreds of millions of dollars – possibly billions building a new copper mine in British Columbia. First, you may have to spend a few million dollars explaining your plan to relevant First Nations and local communities before you even submit an application for an environmental permit. Sign Up for the Copper Digest Sign Up That way you’ll know up front whether the province will even accept your application to the Environmental Assessment Agency. Your project may be dead before it is even subjected to an environmental review.

Clean industries eligible for reduced hydro rate as B C aims to cut emissions

Minister of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources, Bruce Ralston, speaks after being named to the position after a provincial government cabinet shuffle, in Vancouver, on January 22, 2020. File photo by The Canadian Press/Darryl Dyck B.C. is partnering with the province s hydroelectric utility to offer a lower rate for some industries and public transportation agencies with the goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions, the province announced Thursday. BC Hydro, a Crown corporation, will offer a 20 per cent discount to approved customers for five years, with a gradual transition back to the standard industrial rate by the eighth year, the Ministry of Energy, Mines and Low Carbon Innovation said.

Resource ministers concede permitting takes too long

That way you’ll know up front whether the province will even accept your application to the Environmental Assessment Agency. Your project may be dead before it is even subjected to an environmental review. Be sure to read UNDRIP (United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People) and DRIPA (Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act). Once you’ve done that, and submitted your application, you will, at some point, probably need to deal with the ministries of ECCS, EMLCI, IRR, and FLNRORD. That’s just the provincial level. Federally you will probably have to deal with Fisheries and Oceans Canada and the Impact Assessment Agency.

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