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Close up of lithium being poured from one gloved hand to another.
Energy, Mines, Technology, Alberta New tech aims to extract lithium from oilfield waste

The demand for lithium, used for electric car batteries, is growing exponentially. New green technology could help extract the mineral from oilfield waste

by Julie Matchett
Large piece of machinery with person standing in bucket.
Mining Insider, Exploration, Mines, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Yukon $500,000 federal funding to help promote northern mining at annual conference

The Yukon Mining Alliance will use the funding to help showcase the opportunities in the North at the annual PDAC Conference in Toronto

by Julie Matchett
Geoscience representative discussing info at open house with a man.
Mining Insider, Exploration, Minerals, Mines, British Columbia Geoscience BC targets ‘hidden’ Central Interior copper-gold deposits

The Central Interior Copper-Gold Research series aims to better understand potential deposits, attract investment and encourage exploration

by Julie Matchett
Close-up picture of PDAC Award, showing two stylized white hands holding up a transparent diamond shape printed with PDAC logo.
Mining Insider, Exploration, First Nations, Minerals, Mines, Global PDAC 2020 awards honour industry leaders

The 2020 PDAC Award recipients have been announced, celebrating outstanding achievement in the Canadian and international mining industry

by Julie Matchett
Chief Russell Myers Ross, vice-chair of the Tsilhqot'in National Government, stands in front of the Nation's new solar farm.
Energy, First Nations, British Columbia New solar farm completed by Tŝilhqot’in Nation expected to generate $175,000 in revenue

The 1.25-MW facility, located near Williams Lake, is the largest of its kind in British Columbia

by Julie Matchett
MacLean Engineering RB3-Scaler machine.
Mining Insider, Mines, Products & equipment MacLean brings ‘EV proven/EV ready’ message to mining industry

The MacLean Engineering RB3-Scaler is the latest addition to the company's EV Series of electric vehicles

Nerva Energy's Joshua Lewis accepting his International Energy Innovator of the Year award.
Energy, Global International Energy Innovator of the Year awarded to Canada’s Joshua Lewis of Nerva Energy

The Association of Energy Engineers (AEE) is the leading international awards organization honouring excellence in engineering management and projects

Milestone Project Site
Mining Insider, Mines, Saskatchewan Western Potash Corp executes Binding Offtake Agreement With ADM

ADM is a world leader in agricultural sourcing, processing and transportation

Below Seated: KHI Managing Executive Officer, Takeshi Ohata; and Corvus Energy CEO, Geir Bjørkeli. Standing left to right: KHI—Tatsuya Onodera, Technical Manager; Tatsuya Ohno, Technical Manager; Takenori Hino, Senior Manager; Corvus— Per Erik Schumann-Olsen, Executive Advisor; Pradeep Datar, VP Sales – Asia; Sean Puchalski, EVP Strategy & Business Planning.
Energy, Global Corvus Energy strikes agreement with Kawasaki Heavy Industries for novel lithium-ion technology

Lithium-ion capacitor (LiC)-based energy storage systems (ESS) to be sold by Corvus to offshore vessels and oil rigs globally

The Cariboo Gold Project.
Mining Insider, Mines, British Columbia Osisko Gold Royalties to acquire Barkerville Gold Mines

North Spirit Discovery is the next step in the evolution of Osisko's accelerator business that Osisko pioneered over the last five years

The Maiwald plant, a 750 kWp floating solar array, on a lake.
Energy, Global Ciel & Terre in Germany: a favorable summer for floating solar

Ciel & Terre, specialists in floating solar arrays, unveiled a unique mooring system on a project in Germany

Two workers at a drilling station.
Mining Insider, Mines, Ontario Two of Ontario’s largest industrial and engineering firms partner with Noront

Noront Resources Ltd. announced agreements with Algoma Steel Inc. and Hatch Ltd. to facilitate development of the Ring of Fire mineral district

Aerial view of Brucejack Mine in northern BC.
Mining Insider, Mines, Global Osisko announces sale of Brucejack Offtake to Pretium

Osisko Gold Royalties Ltd is an intermediate precious metal royalty company

Luke Dolan (far right), owner of Capital Home Energy, and part of his team.
Energy, British Columbia British Columbia communities are unlocking a $3.3 billion energy efficiency opportunity

By requiring higher levels of energy efficiency in new construction, many B.C. towns and communities are spurring growth in the energy sector

Inside of Brucejack Mine.
Mining Insider, Mines, British Columbia Pretivm repurchases 100% of Gold Offtake Agreement; exploration update

The Offtake Agreement was entered into by Pretivm as part of the construction financing package for the Brucejack Mine

Obi Sadden shows a work order to a customer.
Energy, Alberta From Pink Slip to Pink Insulation: Former Oil Patch Workers Find Success in Energy Efficiency

Efficiency Canada is the national voice for an energy efficient economy

Brad Corson
Energy, Global Imperial Oil Ltd. appoints new president; CEO R.M. Kruger announces retirement

B.W. (Brad) Corson will succeed current Chairman and CEO, Rich Kruger, effective January 1, 2020

Teck worker, with large mining truck in background.
Mining Insider, Mines, Global Teck named to 2019 Dow Jones Sustainability World Index

Teck’s sustainability practices are in the top 10 percent of the 2,500 largest companies in the S&P Global Broad Market Index (BMI)

Rendering of the new Seaspan Ferries LNG-battery hybrid ferries that will integrate 2 MWh energy storage system from Corvus Energy to reduce fuel consumption and emissions.
Energy, Global Seaspan Ferries selects Corvus to supply Energy Storage

Two newbuild LNG-battery hybrid ferries will use 2 MWh energy storage system to reduce fuel consumption and further reduce emissions