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Chrystia Freeland visits Sask. to get 'fingertip feel' for potash
Canada's deputy prime minister had plenty of good things to say about potash Wednesday. During Chrystia Freeland's tour around the Mosaic Potash mine in Colonsay - part of her unexpected mid-week stop...
Libby Gray
Aug 24, 2022
Deputy prime minister Chrystia Freeland. (Libby Giesbrecht/650 CKOM)
Province provides $20M for research council's rare earth processing facility
The Saskatchewan Research Council's Rare Earth Processing Facility project just got a big funding boost from the provincial government. The province announced $20 million in new funding for the Saskat...
CKOM News
Jun 23, 2022
(Saskatchewan Research Council)
Research council hopes to expand province's mining clients with new facility
The global supply chain continues to see delays due to factors like the pandemic and Russia's invasion of Ukraine. That led the Government of Saskatchewan to invest in a brand new Saskatchewan Researc...
Craig Silliphant
Jun 22, 2022
Samples at the newly-built Saskatchewan Research Council mining and mineral facility in Saskatoon. (Saskatchewan Research Council/Submitted)
Provincial producers pushing up potash production
Saskatchewan's potash sector, the largest in the world, is scaling up production in response to global concerns around food security. According to the Saskatchewan government, sanctions on Russia and ...
CKOM News
Jun 22, 2022
The Allan potash mine is located just over 50 kilometres southeast of Saskatoon, Sask. (Nutrien)
Sask. mining company with net-neutral goals sets up head office in Saskatoon
A mining company set to construct the world's first carbon-neutral copper mine has just opened it's new head office in Saskatoon. Foran Mining has been operating in Saskatchewan for the past decade, a...
Libby Gray
May 31, 2022
Terry Croteau, Foran Mining exploration manager, explains the deposits in the McIlvenna Bay project. (Libby Giesbrecht/650 CKOM)
Employees safe after equipment fire at Vanscoy potash mine
An investigation is underway to determine the cause of an equipment fire at Nutrien's Vanscoy potash mine on Tuesday evening. The mine is located about 30 minutes southwest of Saskatoon. In a brief st...
Lara Fominoff
Mar 30, 2022
(Nutrien)
First Cowessess students graduate from new potash mining course
Nine people from the Cowessess First Nation are ready to start jobs in the potash industry. The First Nation community teamed up with Mosaic and a professional development firm called Morris Interacti...
Craig Silliphant
Mar 18, 2022
Canadian coal company appeals tough U.S. selenium rule as provinces consider mines
A Canadian coal-mining giant is fighting new American environmental rules that tighten restrictions on the release of a contaminant toxic to fish. On Aug. 13, Teck Resources petitioned Montana to resc...
The Canadian Press
Aug 28, 2021
BHP Jansen Mine job search already underway in Saskatchewan
BHP Potash will be hiring thousands of workers in the coming years to help build the Jansen Mine east of Saskatoon, and the search for some workers is already underway. Giles Hellyer is BHP's Presiden...
Lara Fominoff
Aug 20, 2021
BHP Camp and Housing at Jansen Mine
COVID-19 case confirmed at Nunavut mine, one resident a contact
POND INLET, Nunavut - A worker at a Nunavut mine has tested positive for COVID-19. The Department of Heath says the worker, who lives outside the territory, tested negative before boarding a charter p...
The Canadian Press
Aug 11, 2021
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