One of Canada’s largest mines lies right in Edmonton’s backyard, little known except to the thousands who work there. But what future is there for Highvale and other coal mines in a carbon-constrained world? (more…)
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Alberta has untapped wealth in the radioactive mineral, but the road to opening the first mine is a long and bumpy one (more…)
- Alberta ranked fourth among the top 10 best jurisdictions in the world for mining policy in the Fraser Institute’s Survey of Mining Companies 2008/2009.
- In 2007, 70% of Canada’s coal reserves were found in Alberta.
- About 33.5 billion tonnes of established coal reserves are estimated to remain in Alberta.
- Coal and oilsands mining contributed $3.3 billion to Alberta’s economy in 2007.
- Oilsands mining activity in Alberta up to 2008 has disturbed about 530 square kilometres of land.
- More than 350,000 Canadians were employed in the mineral extraction industry in August 2009.
Sources: Alberta Employment and Immigration, Alberta Energy, Energy Resources Conservation Board, Fraser Institute, Mining Association of Canada (more…)
Take a former gold miner, a limestone outcrop in the heart of the oilsands and a soaring demand for industrial minerals and what do you get? Alberta’s largest hard-rock mining project, that’s what.
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Geologists are combing the north woods this winter in search of a form of carbon more precious than oil and gas: diamonds. But what will it take to develop Alberta’s first diamond mine?
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