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Country star Corb Lund criticizes Alberta minister over coal application support
TABER, Alta. - An Alberta country music star is criticizing the province's energy minister for advising its energy regulator to accept initial applications for a coal mine project in the eastern slope...
The Canadian Press
Feb 24, 2024
Alberta regulator accepts Rockies coal mine application, will call public hearing
Alberta's energy regulator has accepted initial applications and is to open public hearings for a controversial open-pit coal mine on the eastern slopes of the province's southern Rocky Mountains that...
The Canadian Press
Feb 23, 2024
Manitoba denies environmental licence to sand project over drinking water concerns
WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government has nixed a contentious sand-extraction project that had been proposed by Sio Silica east of Winnipeg, citing concerns about drinking water. Premier Wab Kinew and Tr...
The Canadian Press
Feb 16, 2024
Federal Court allows judicial review of Rocky Mountain coal mine denied by panel
A Federal Court ruling Tuesday has thrown out a decision from federal Environmental Minister Steven Guilbeault denying a permit for an open-pit coal mine in the Alberta Rockies. The ruling, which come...
The Canadian Press
Feb 13, 2024
SRC VP confident government-funded rare earth processing facility will 'turn a profit'
The vice-president of the Saskatchewan Research Council's rare earth processing division says he's confident the Saskatoon facility will succeed where Vital Metals failed. "We are constructing a verti...
Taylor MacPherson
Feb 13, 2024
Dr. Muhammad Imran, VP of SRC's Rare Earth Division, stands in front of raw monazite, from which rare earth minerals are extracted. (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM)
Boom in southern Quebec mining claims, including under people's homes, causes anxiety
MONTREAL - When Ellen Rice-Hogan discovered that someone had bought a mining claim under her farm, she was shocked. There's no mining around the Township of Low, Que., about 40 kilometres northwest of...
The Canadian Press
Feb 05, 2024
Contamination from old Alberta Rockies coal mines raises cleanup questions
EDMONTON - A former coal mine in the Alberta Rockies is releasing a contaminant toxic to fish at rates more than dozens of times higher than federal and provincial guidelines, while another periodical...
The Canadian Press
Jan 30, 2024
Sask. post-secondary schools form new institute for energy and mining
Saskatchewan's post-secondary schools will soon be working collaboratively on research and innovation in the energy and mining sectors. The heads of the University of Saskatchewan, University of Regin...
CKOM News
Dec 06, 2023
The brand-new institute is expected to work to better meet the needs of the energy and mining industries through high-level research and development programs. (650 CKOM file photo)
BHP commits $6.4 billion to Jansen potash mine
BHP is cutting another big cheque to further develop the Jansen potash project east of Saskatoon. The mining giant announced a $6.4-billion investment on Tuesday for the second stage of the project, w...
Brent Bosker
Oct 31, 2023
The BHP Jansen potash mine, located about 140 kilometres east of Saskatoon. (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM)
Mining company pauses construction on processing facility in Saskatoon
Canada's only rare earths mining company is pausing all construction at its Saskatoon processing facility. Vital Metals announced the pause Wednesday, saying it will allow the company to conserve cash...
CKOM News
Apr 20, 2023
Vital Metals in Saskatoon. (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM)
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