Canada

An aerial view of a drill rig at Victory Nickel's Minago nickel project in Manitoba. Photo by Victory Nickel

Victory to build Minago nickel mine

After spending years proving up one of Canada’s largest undeveloped nickel-sulphide deposits, Victory Nickel (NI-T) has cleared the final regulatory hurdle to build a mine at its Minago project in northern Manitoba’s Thompson nickel belt.


An aircraft on an ice strip at Mountain Province Diamonds' Gahcho Ku diamond project in the Northwest Territories. Photo by Mountain Province diamonds

Mountain Province Diamonds attracts interest

Mountain Province Diamonds (MPV-T, MDM-X) has received “unsolicited expressions of interest from third parties” about its stake in the Gahcho Kué diamond project in Canada’s Northwest Territories.  




A map showing the route of Enbridge's planned Northern Gateway oilsands pipeline. Photo by Enbridge

Enbridge touts pipeline demand as review continues

Building a nearly 1,200-km-long pipeline is inevitably challenging, but putting one through two provinces and the territory of dozens of First Nations, only to emerge in a contentious port location, makes for a daunting task indeed.


Digging TransCanada's Keystone pipeline. Photo by TransCanada

TransCanada’s Keystone XL clears major hurdle

Hollywood actors, climate experts and other opponents of the proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline will have 90 days to prevent the project’s final approval after the U.S. State Department ruled that the pipeline would have “no significant impact”…


Southern Pacific Resource advances McKay

If everything goes according to plan, Southern Pacific Resource (STP-T) will finish construction of its McKay thermal project in Alberta in the second quarter of next year, with the first steam to follow and production targeted to get underway…



Teck advances its oilsands projects

Teck Resources (TCK.B-T, TCK-N) is looking to produce more than 30,000 barrels of bitumen per day by 2016 from its oilsands projects in Alberta.


Prophecy Platinum's Wellgreen PGM-nickel project in the Yukon. Photo by Photo by Ian Bickis

Prophecy Platinum surges on drill results

Shares of Prophecy Platinum (NKL-V, PNIKD-O) shot up 10.2%, or 43¢, to $4.63 on drill results from its flagship Wellgreen deposit in the Yukon Territory, about 317 km northwest of Whitehorse. 




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