March 25, 2015 Oil sands improving on environment, but new technology takes time It’s a seemingly small thing, the matter of a dozen or so degrees difference in the water temperature during one part of the lengthy and complex process of squeezing oil…
March 24, 2015 Here is what it looks like when mining trucks drive across frozen lakes In the farthest reaches of northwestern Canada, there are few people and fewer roads. When winter comes, fuel, explosives, and heavy equipment move north in an unusual way: via trucks…
March 24, 2015 Why are young workers shunning the oil sands? An annual survey of the oil and gas workforce has revealed a surprising trend.
March 24, 2015 Oil sands faces its biggest test in extended downturn The collapse in the market for Canada’s heavy crude below $30 a barrel last week is hammering home a harsh reality for the nation’s oil-sands producers: There’s no one to…
March 23, 2015 Chile’s court says Barrick’s Pascua-Lama has not damaged glaciers The country's Environmental Court handed Monday a major victory to Barrick’s besieged Pascua-Lama gold, copper and silver project, straddling the border with Argentina.
March 23, 2015 Cliffs sells Ontario’s Ring of Fire claims to Noront for $20 million The U.S. miner said the sale is part of a strategy to divest non-core assets and focus on supplying iron ore pellets to the North American steel industry.
March 23, 2015 IAMGOLD sells Diavik royalty stream to Sandstorm Gold for US$56.8 million The deal will add US$7 million to US$8 million per year in cash flow to Sandstorm's portfolio.
March 22, 2015 Pricey Bank of Canada meeting included trip to oil sands A Bank of Canada junket to the oil sands at Fort McMurray, Alta., helped push the cost of a single board of directors meeting last June to over $100,000, a…
March 20, 2015 Mount Polley disaster prompts new tailings ponds regulations The regulation forces mining companies to consider the possibility of a tailings disaster and evaluate the environmental, health, social and economic impacts of an accident.
March 20, 2015 Dominican farmers barred from Canada for being ‘too critical’ of mining A group of farmers critical of Canadian mining interests in their native Dominican Republic has been blocked from travelling to Saskatoon, Toronto and other cities.
Iamgold’s Lemelin thanks mentor for Africa option Bruno Lemelin recalls his first Iamgold boss urging him to join Essakane in Burkina Faso as regional politics began to unravel. December 26, 2025 | 05:00 am
