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Oil and gas top the list of valuable resources being extracted in Alberta, but there are other stories in the mining and exploration industries here, including coal and precious gemstones.

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Energy News: Government of Canada accepts recommendation to proceed with Northern Gateway Proposal

Energy News: Government of Canada accepts recommendation to proceed with Northern Gateway Proposal

— Photo courtesy Invest Northwest BC The Honourable Greg Rickford, Canada’s Minister of Natural Resources, has issued the following statement outlin

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Leader in Materials Engineering & Testing (Metro Group) re-brands

Leader in Materials Engineering & Testing (Metro Group) re-brands

— Photo courtesy CCMET website We are proud to announce that we are changing our name from Metro Testing Laboratories Ltd. (Metro Group) to Canadian

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Energy News: Warren Buffet’s Berkshire Hathaway buys AltaLink for $3.2B from SNC-Lavalin

Energy News: Warren Buffet’s Berkshire Hathaway buys AltaLink for $3.2B from SNC-Lavalin

— Photo courtesy Conductor.ca SNC-Lavalin Inc. announced this week it is selling AltaLink, LP, Alberta’s largest regulated electricity transmission

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Ritchie Bros. sells more than CA$143 million at Canada’s largest equipment auction

Ritchie Bros. sells more than CA$143 million at Canada’s largest equipment auction

"Ritchie Bros. sold more than CA$143 million at Canada's largest equipment auction held last week (April 23 - 25) in Edmonton, AB. The historic auctio

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New local ownership group purchases Regina Pats includes Brandt owners

New local ownership group purchases Regina Pats includes Brandt owners

Shaun and Gavin Semple, owners of Brandt at the Pat's arena. — Photo courtesy Brandt. A new ownership group called Queen City Sports & Entertainment

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Ritchie Bros. prepares for its largest Canadian auction of 2014

Ritchie Bros. prepares for its largest Canadian auction of 2014

— Photo courtesy Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers. EDMONTON, April 8, 2014 /CNW/ - Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers (NYSE and TSX: RBA), the world's largest indus

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Coalspur announces Alberta Energy Regulator approval of Vista project

Coalspur announces Alberta Energy Regulator approval of Vista project

Highlights: The Alberta Energy Regulator announced today that it has granted approval of Coalspur’s Vista project The AER approval is a signifi

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Ritchie Bros. to sell more than 3,500 equipment items at first Canadian auction of 2014

Ritchie Bros. to sell more than 3,500 equipment items at first Canadian auction of 2014

Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers (NYSE and TSX: RBA), the world's largest industrial auctioneer, will conduct its first Canadian auction of 2014 next week

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Altitude Resources acquires strategic new coal lease applications

Altitude Resources acquires strategic new coal lease applications

— Photo courtesy Altitude Resources. Altitude Resources Ltd. (TSX-V:ALI) has announced that it has further expanded its land position with the acqui

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Suncor and partners set to develop Fort Hills

Suncor and partners set to develop Fort Hills

Two workers at the Fort Hills construction site. — Photo courtesy of Suncor Fort Hills’ best estimate contingent resources of 3.3 billion barrels of

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Sherritt sells coal assets for $946 million and focuses on core businesses

Sherritt sells coal assets for $946 million and focuses on core businesses

Sherritt International Corporation ("Sherritt" or "the Corporation") (TSX:S) today announced it is divesting its coal business for total considerati

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Remembering the Hillcrest mine disaster

Remembering the Hillcrest mine disaster

1 of 2The explosion at Hillcrest Mine on June 19, 1914, ripped through the mine and damaged the hoist house outside the No. 1 entrance. In this histor

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Canadian Dewatering L.P. provides full-service fluid-management services

Canadian Dewatering L.P. provides full-service fluid-management services

1 of 3HDPE Fusing for Mine Dewatering Project. — Photo courtesy Canadian Dewatering2 of 3Vertical Pump Installation for Continual Mine Dewatering. —

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Draft recommendations on implementing mandatory reporting standards released

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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This new refinery will turn Alberta oil sands into diesel fuel

This new refinery will turn Alberta oil sands into diesel fuel

A computer generated rendering of what the Redwater project will look like upon completion. — Photo courtesy Brookline Public Relations The North Wes

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Hinton’s proactive campaign for affordable housing

Hinton’s proactive campaign for affordable housing

The perpetually affordable Happy Creek project in Hinton is one way the town has worked proactively to address its housing needs. — Photo courtesy Tow

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Another coal mine is in the works for Hinton, Alberta

Another coal mine is in the works for Hinton, Alberta

1 of 2This is an aerial view of the Vista Coal Project near Hinton, Alberta. — Photo courtesy Coalspur Mines Ltd.2 of 2A map of Coalspur's flagship Vi

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Alberta’s Industrial Heartland

Alberta’s Industrial Heartland

1 of 7Cranes at work during the construction of the Shell Scotford bitumen upgrader project. This project was completed in 2011 and adds 100,000 barre

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Drilling down for data

Drilling down for data

Brandon Beringer and Joel Sinkwich with their modified truck for geophysical logging. — Joel Sinkwich photoCentury Wireline Services is an open-hole

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Transforming tailings management in Alberta’s oilsands

Transforming tailings management in Alberta’s oilsands

1 of 3Closeup of solidified tailings from an oilsands mine. — Photo courtesy Suncor Energy2 of 3Suncor’s TRO process helps quickly transform mature fi

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