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Mining & Resources
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Pfannenberg PATROL Series Flashing Sounders
Pfannenberg PATROL Series Flashing Sounders for fixed gas detection alarming. Designed to alert personnel of an evacuation when there is presence of hazardous gas, these combined signalling products increase safety when used with ammonia, carbon dioxide, Freon, methane, or chlorine…
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B.C. imposes interim moratorium on resource development to protect caribou
VANCOUVER – The British Columbia government announced an interim moratorium on resource development in parts of the south Peace region on Thursday, giving itself more time to sign a long-term strategy to protect dwindling caribou populations. The government said it…
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Cobalt 27 to be bought by Swiss firm in deal that values it at $501 million
TORONTO – A Canadian cobalt speculation company is being bought by a Swiss firm in a deal that values the company at about $501 million. Toronto-based Cobalt 27 Capital Corp. says Pala Investment Ltd. already controls about 19 per cent…
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U.S. ramps up concern over B.C. pollution; eight senators write to premier
Eight U.S. senators say Canadian mines in British Columbia are endangering cross-border rivers through a combination of poor environmental assessments and inadequate monitoring. “We remain concerned about the lack of oversight of Canadian mining projects near multiple transboundary rivers that…
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Manitoba to Minnesota power line project approved with several conditions
WINNIPEG – The federal government has approved a $453-million Manitoba-Minnesota power transmission project that has been the source of friction between Premier Brian Pallister and the Manitoba Metis Federation. The 213-kilometre, 500-kilovolt line would stretch from a point northwest of…
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Federal cabinet decision on fate of Trans Mountain pipeline due Tuesday
OTTAWA – The Liberal government’s $4.5 billion gamble to buy the Trans Mountain pipeline in a bid to get it expanded will come to a head on Tuesday when the federal cabinet decides whether to sign off on the project…
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First Nation, Seabridge Gold, reach benefit deal for KSM mine in northwest B.C.
VANCOUVER – Seabridge Gold Inc. and the Tahltan Nation have announced a co-operation and benefit-sharing agreement linked to the proposed KSM gold and copper mine in northwestern British Columbia. The announcement comes in a joint news release after the First…
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Environment groups say oil industry asks will lead to ‘climate chaos’
OTTAWA – Several of Canada’s leading environment groups say election demands from Canada’s oil industry earlier this week are a direct attack on the future health and prosperity of Canadians. The different visions for Canada’s economic and environmental policies are…
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Nova Scotia gold mine proposal threatens pristine wilderness area: Nature Trust
HALIFAX – A proposed gold mine in Nova Scotia’s Guysborough County is being questioned by a conservancy organization concerned about the operation’s proximity to a “biodiversity hot spot”. Bonnie Sutherland, executive director of the Nova Scotia Nature Trust, said Thursday…
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Atlas Copco Celebrates 70th Years in Canada
Atlas Copco is celebrating its 70th anniversary in Canada in 2019. Throughout the year, the company is commemorating this milestone with employees, customers, distributors and other stakeholders, while hosting several activities and events. In 1949, George Blomdal, a Norwegian Engineer,…
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Green’s call for ban on foreign oil imports, using Alberta oil instead
OTTAWA – Green party Leader Elizabeth May says saving the world from climate change requires Canada to get off oil before the middle of the century. In the meantime, she wants Canada off foreign oil as soon as possible. The…
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Cape Breton coal mine to reopen rock face where small methane fire broke out
DONKIN, N.S. – Nova Scotia’s Labour Department has lifted a stop-work order imposed on a Cape Breton coal mine after a methane fire broke out Tuesday afternoon on one rock face. Harold Carroll, the provincial Labour Department’s executive director of…
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Norbord suspends production at northern Alberta mill due to wildfires
TORONTO – Norbord Inc. says it has temporarily suspended production as an oriented strand board mill in northern Alberta due to wildfires in the region. The company says it stopped production at the mill in High Level, Alta., to comply…
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Nutrien to cut 80 jobs at Vanscoy potash mine, cites soft global market
SASKATOON – Nutrien Ltd. says it plans to cut jobs at its potash operation in Vanscoy, Sask. Will Tigley, a company spokesman, says the move will take effect in July and is the result of a soft global market. The…
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N.S. mine where roof collapsed allowed limited production increase
DONKIN, N.S.- Nova Scotia’s Labour Department has allowed a limited increase in production at Canada’s only operating underground coal mine after a series of roof collapses last year. Kameron Coal’s operations in Cape Breton were suspended for just under a…
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Workers out after sheltering from fire in Saskatchewan potash mine
ALLAN, Sask. – Dozens of workers are back above ground after having to take shelter for several hours during a fire at a potash mine southeast of Saskatoon. Nutrien spokesman Will Tigley told CKOM Radio that the blaze broke out…
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Noront picks Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., site for ferrochrome production facility
TORONTO – Noront Resources Ltd. says it has chosen the Algoma Steel Inc. site in Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., for its ferrochrome production facility. The company says it picked the location over a spot in Timmins, Ont. Noront says Timmins…
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Canadian Natural optimism up on oil curtailments, crude by rail rebound
CALGARY – Fears of another Alberta oil price crisis are ebbing thanks to the government’s production curtailment program and improving crude-by-rail profitability, says the president of oilsands producer Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. But anxiety about a return to the steep…
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Education and Networking Highlight Reliable Plant 2019
Reliable Plant 2019 Conference and Exhibition brought North American maintenance and reliability professionals to the Huntington Convention Center of Cleveland for keynotes, learning sessions, and exhibition. By far the largest part of the conference was the learning sessions, which allowed…
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Newmont Goldcorp suspends Penasquito operations due to local blockade over water
VANCOUER – Newmont Goldcorp Corp. says it will temporarily suspend operations at its only operating mine in Mexico because of a local blockade over water concerns and issues with a trucking contractor. The company said Monday that the Penasquito mine…
