The Canadian government is joining more than 24 mining companies and 17 Canadian universities to launch a collaborative research project to improve exploration techniques in the mining industry.
VANCOUVER — Despite recent uncertainty surrounding production in Canada’s oil sands — due to issues like volatile crude prices and ongoing pipeline debates — growth remains the word for supply-oriented companies in the…
Over the past decade, we’ve seen a push for increased rigor and disclosure in capital markets. This is a natural response to the chaos in the aftermath of the global financial crisis. Regulators have responded to investor concerns by…
There are an estimated 170 billion barrels of oil in Alberta’s oilsands, but getting them all out is proving to be a costly venture. As with the metal mining industry, mining for oil has been subjected to steep cost inflation over the…
VANCOUVER — Titanium Corp. (TIC-V) sees an opportunity in the waste being created by the big bitumen business in northeastern Alberta. With backing from the federal and provincial governments, the Edmonton-based junior is aiming to…
VANCOUVER — Pipelines have become a hot topic across Canada. The debate over TransCanada’s (TRP-T, TRP-N) Keystone XL continues to rage as decision day inches nearer. The idea to reverse Enbridge’s (ENB-T, ENB-N) Line 9 to…
Canadian Natural Resources (CNQ-T) is moving along with its staged expansion at its prized Horizon oilsands project near Fort McMurray, Alberta, to boost the current production capacity to 250,000 barrels.
In a little over a year, partners Consolidated Woodjam Copper (WCC-V) and Gold Fields (GFI-N) have grown the inferred resource at the Southeast zone on their Woodjam property in the Cariboo region of central British Columbia from 146.5 million…
The B.C. mining community’s heartbreak over the early exit of the Vancouver Canucks from the Stanley Cup playoffs (so fast, fans didn’t even have time to loot the downtown core) has been soothed by the surprise majority win of the…
VANCOUVER — Two years into exploring the Newman Todd gold project in Ontario’s Red Lake district, Confederation Minerals (CFM-V) has a handle on how to hit the project’s gold-bearing carbonate zones. The result is a high…
VANCOUVER — Things are looking up for Kinross Gold (K-T, KGC-N) — financially, at least. The company delivered strong results for its third straight quarter, with profits jumping 50% year-on-year alongside rising production and…
The recently merged Glencore Xstrata (GLEN-L) plans to have a leaner corporate structure, but its first resource estimate shows it will still be hefty in terms of minerals in the ground. And while the new company will be mostly guided…
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