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 st...
Saskatchewan.
Mining in Saskatchewan centres around two major commodities: potash and uranium. Saskatchewan is the second largest producer of potash in the world and, according to the Saskatchewan Mining Association, the province is the world leader in uranium production. Watch for our upcoming issue of Mining & Exploration this year that will take an in-depth look at the Saskatchewan mining scene.
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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 co...
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...
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 a...
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 Sas...
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...
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 R...
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...
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),...
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 Miner...
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....
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 Kar...
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. —...
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 Photograp...
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...
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 sta...
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 Corpo...
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...
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...
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 courtes...
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 min...
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 inv...
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...
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...