Mine

• Worker nearly buried, Alberta regulator probes mine wall ‘instabilities:’ union

  Alberta's energy regulator is examining practices at a coal mine in the province after three “instabilities'' in its rock walls.

  Canada

  Nov 15, 2023
  
• Saskatchewan First Nations get piece in BHP Jansen mine contracts

  Production for the Jansen mine is planned for 2026, with BHP negotiating service contract agreements with local First Nations organizations in Saskatchewan.

  Canada

  Mar 13, 2023
  
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• Environmental groups critical of work resumption at Cape Breton’s Donkin mine

  Environmental organizations are criticizing the Nova Scotia government's decision to allow work to resume at Cape Breton's Donkin coal mine following a two-year closure.

  Environment

  Sep 15, 2022
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• Mining company says Nova Scotia approves bid to raise tailings dam at gold mine

  The company's proposal has been opposed by environmental groups, such as the Ecology Action Centre, which have voiced concerns about the potential for a dam breach.

  Environment

  Aug 10, 2022
• 2 mosasaur fossils discovered at southern Alberta ammonite mine

  On Jan. 26, the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Paleontology answered a call from a mining company to inform them of a potential fossil discovery just south of Lethbridge.

  Canada

  Feb 15, 2022
• RCMP briefs: Brandon miner dead after fall at work

  RCMP say a 59-year-old man from Brandon is dead after a incident at a mine just outside of Snow Lake, Manitoba.

  News

  Jun 21, 2021
• Peterborough County OPP probe mischief and arson at mine in Havelock area

  Peterborough County OPP say damage to the mine site's property and equipment is estimated at approximately $30,000.

  Crime

  Jun 3, 2021
• Nutrien to resume operations at Vanscoy, Sask. potash mine

  Nutrien suspended operations at its Vanscoy, Sask., mine in September 2019 due to a short-term softening of the global potash market.

  Canada

  Jan 30, 2020
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• Nutrien extends shutdown at Vanscoy, Sask. potash mine

  Around 265 employees at one of Nutrien's mines will remain laid-off for several weeks as the company extends the shutdown at one Saskatchewan potash mine.

  Economy

  Dec 18, 2019
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• Nova Scotia looks for proposals on Pictou County coal exploration

  The province says that they're looking for a company to explore the Pictou Coalfield, after receiving an expression of interest on Feb. 23, 2018.

  Environment

  Apr 15, 2019