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Fort Mac grapples with oil sands growth as population grows 80% since 2000

MINING.COM Staff Writer | September 01, 2011 | 6:48 pm Energy Canada Europe 

Alberta Oil Magazine takes an in-depth look at infrastructure challenges that persist for Fort McMurray, the centre of Canada's oil sands industry, in the middle of a global bonanza. Alberta Oil reports the situation isn’t surprising considering the community’s population has...

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