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Mining Insider

First uranium concentrate produced from ore mined at Cigar Lake

Cigar Lake ore arrives at McClean Lake mill. — Photo courtesy Cameco Cameco (TSX:CCO) (NYSE:CCJ) announced that the McClean Lake mill has started pro

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Mining Insider

SaskPower launches world’s first commercial CCS process

SaskPower opens the world's first commercial-scale carbon capture and storage process plant. — Photo courtesy SaskPower The world’s first commercial-

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Mining Insider

K+S Potash Canada celebrates grand opening of new corporate headquarters

New corporate headquarters will be home to approximately one hundred KSPC employees and contractors. — Photo courtesy k+s group The official opening

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British Columbia

Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) request to licensees with tailings facilities

Uranium Mining at Cameco's Rabbit Lake Mine in Saskatchewan. — Photo courtesy Cameco Corporation Further to the recent tailings dam breach at the Mou

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Exploration

North Arrow Minerals exploring for diamonds in Saskatchewan

The challenging task of picking up till samples from North Arrow Minerals' sampling program at the Pikoo diamond project in east-central Saskatchewan

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Saskatchewan

SaskPower puts carbon capture technology to the test

The Boundary Dam Project will capture approximately one million tonnes of CO2 each year. Most of it will be shipped to nearby oil fields for use in en

Jessica Kirby •
Mining Insider

Fission CEO calls Patterson Lake South drill results “very solid”

— Photo courtesy Fission Uranium Corp. Kelowna-based FISSION URANIUM CORP. has announced the assay results from three holes drilled in the R780E zon

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Mines

Ore production begins at Cigar Lake

1 of 3Cameco developed a jet boring method because the deposit's grade and depth made it inaccessible by traditional means. — Photo courtesy of Cameco

Jessica Kirby •
Mining Insider

K+S Potash Canada and AMEC sign long-term contract for Legacy Project

— Photo courtesy K+S Potash media release.AMEC, the international engineering and project management company, and K+S Potash Canada (KSPC), a fully

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Mining Insider

Saskatchewan approves $200 million metals processing plant

A CAD rendering of the $200-million metals processing plant to be built in the heart of the prairie province. — Photo courtesy Fortune Minerals Ltd.

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Exploration

Prospecting award goes to Saskatchewan uranium discovery

1 of 1The 2014 Bill Dennis award for a Canadian mineral discovery or prospecting success went to Ross McElroy, president of Fission Uranium. — Photo c

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Minerals

Karnalyte Resources gets started on a $600 million project

1 of 3Panoramic view of wellsite testing. — Photo courtesy Karnalyte Resources2 of 3Disposal wellhead at SW16-32-16 W2. — Photo courtesy Karnalyte Res

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Saskatchewan

Plenty of potential in the mining industry

1 of 1Mine your Potential was an inaugural development event for women or men interested in the natural resources sector in Saskatchewan. — Anne Gent

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Saskatchewan

Vale Potash Canada wraps up open house meetings for the Kronau Project

1 of 3Vale Potash Canada's first open house attracted 170 people, while 107 attended the second town hall meeting. — Paul Austring Photography Ltd. p

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Education

The University of Saskatchewan and IMII announce innovative funding agreement

1 of 1Executive director Rodney Orr and board director David Grier sign the funding agreement for University of Saskatchewan mining classes on June 21

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Alberta

Draft recommendations on implementing mandatory reporting standards released

On June 14, 2013, the Revenue Resource Transparency Working Group released its draft recommendations on implementing mandatory reporting standards for

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Mines

Keeping Saskatchewan’s proposed new potash mine clean and green

Greg Vogelsang is the manager of environment and regulatory affairs for Western Potash Corporation. — Photo courtesy of Western Potash Corporation Sa

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Mines

Claude Resources pours its one millionth ounce of gold at Seabee

1 of 3Gold is poured at the processing facility at Claude Resources' Seabee Gold Operation. — Photo courtesy Claude Resources2 of 3This ore from the

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Products & Equipment

Structures designed with the mining industry in mind

Norseman Structures’ modular maintenance buildings provide massive, open workspace for mining equipment maintenance and storage. The design provides a

Gail Jansen-Kesslar •
Saskatchewan

SRK Consulting sees huge potential in Saskatchewan

With offices in Saskatoon and around the world, SRK Consulting sits primed to aid the growing potash and uranium industries. — Photo courtesy of SRK C

Gail Jansen-Kesslar •
Minerals

New agreement makes it easier to sell Saskatchewan uranium to China

Key Lake in northern Saskatchewan is the world’s largest high-grade uranium milling operation. — Photo courtesy of Cameco Canada's prime minister use

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Company Profiles

Fission Energy

Dev Randhawa, CEO of Fission Energy, builds a career with longevity. — Photo courtesy Fission Energy Dev Randhawa started a career as an investment b

Mines

Cameco’s creative innovation

1 of 2Crews move the muck away underground at the Cigar Lake remediation project four months after the mine was pumped out. — photo courtesy Cameco2

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Exploration

High hopes for isotopes

1 of 3Soil sampling is not new in exploration—but Uravan's technique of separating clays from soils was unorthodox and gave a more complete view of th

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