Luscar pulls plug at Obed
A flood of thermal coal on international markets has squeezed prices and forced Luscar to suspend production at its Obed Mountain mine, 30 km west of Hinton, Alta.The operation’s 110 employees will be…
Coal Valley Mine
Anaconda squeezes Sherritt’s earnings (March 18, 2002)
Aussie laterite nickel miner Anaconda Nickel, engaged in talks with bond holders amid fears it may default on a US$420-million bond series, announced a large half-year loss that was echoed on the book…
OBITUARY — Ian Muirhead
The mining community has lost a vibrant, energetic leader with the passing of Ian Muirhead, director of the School of Mining and Petroleum Engineering at the University of Alberta. He suffered a strok…