TORONTO (Reuters) - One of Canada's last remaining asbestos mines was thrown another lifeline on Monday, as the Quebec provincial government extended its deadline for a consortium of investors to ...

The new regulations, under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act 1999, will prohibit the import, sale and use of asbestos, the manufacture, import, sale and use of products containing asbestos, as ...

(adds no comment from Quebec and Canada resource ministers in paragraph 9) * Medical associations call for asbestos ban * Large asbestos mine seeks C$58 million provincial loan By Julie Gordon TORONTO ...

LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) - Blowing dust is a major concern for neighbors in Las Vegas. The cleanup of the old Three Kids Mine and the asbestos and toxic metals there is well underway. After years of ...

A Canadian decarbonization startup has launched a groundbreaking project to build the world’s largest facility for processing asbestos mine tailings into materials used in electric vehicle batteries ...

Minaçu was shaped around the asbestos mine and it is hoped a new license to explore rare earth minerals could regenerate the area. Credit: José Cícero/The Guardian Minaçu, a small city in inland ...

You'd think anything would be better than having your town named after a highly toxic building material, but the residents of Asbestos, Canada, might disagree. The townspeople in this unusually ...

The Center for Asbestos Related Disease in Libby, Montana, closed in May after a court judgment. The clinic's federal funding is also threatened.... Near old Montana mine, special clinic for ...

HELENA — Federal mine safety regulators fell short over the years in ensuring worker safety at a vermiculite mine in Libby, but probably couldn't have done much more to prevent asbestos-related deaths ...

For some citizens interviewed by Le Devoir, the redevelopment of former mining sites goes beyond economics and is about reclaiming the inaccessible. Fenced off and monitored, mining sites must be ...

BILLINGS, Mont. — An asbestos screening clinic in a small Montana town where thousands have been sickened by toxic dust from a nearby mine has been abruptly shuttered by authorities following a court ...