Mining News: Miners chase projects in Canada’s Arctic

Diamond producers battle effects of strong Canadian dollar, while handful of others advance various properties toward development

Rose Ragsdale

For Mining News

Mining exploration appears to be hotter than ever this season in the Northwest Territories and Nunavut, but the Canadian Arctic region’s few producers are getting hammered by the strong Canadian dollar. The discrepancy was particularly evident in the territories’ mining production. The total value o....

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