MADAGASCAR – SNC-Lavlin of Montreal has elected to sell its 5% share in the Ambatovy laterite nickel joint venture to Sumitomo Corp. for $600 million. Sumitomo will now enjoy a 32.5% interest in the project. The balance is held by…
GeoMegA Resources of Montreal has appointed Kiril Mugerman its new president and CEO. He holds an honours degree in earth and planetary sciences from McGill University, bringing both technical and financial experience to the post. Interim CEO…
Dr. Chris Twigge-Molecey of Hatch is this year’s recipient of the Airey Award, the most prestigious award in Canadian metallurgy, presented by the Metallurgy and Materials Society (MetSoc) of the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and…
Lakeside Minerals of Toronto has named Peter Cashin, a director, to the role of president and CEO. He replaces Yannis Banks who resigned from the positions but will remain chairman of the company. Cashin is also president, CEO and a director of…
MONTREAL – SNC-Lavalin has signed an agreement with Honeywell Process Solutions to jointly offer an operator training solution to improve plant safety and efficiency.
MADAGASCAR – Sherritt International Corp. of Toronto has won the Nedbank Capital Sustainable Business Award in the resources and non-renewable energy category for its biodiversity program at the Ambatovy nickel joint venture. The company…
OTTAWA – Twenty-one Canadian consulting engineering firms received the highest recognition last week at the 2014 Canadian Consulting Engineering Awards Gala. The awards, which are presented jointly by the Association of Consulting…
MONTREAL – SNC-Lavalin has signed a contract with Stornoway Diamonds (Canada) Inc. to provide project management, detailed engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) services for the Renard diamond project located in the…
MONTREAL – SNC-Lavalin, in partnership with Cementation Canada, the Morris Group, Flying Post First Nation, Lac Seul First Nation, Mattagami First Nation and Wahgoshig First Nation, have signed a memorandum of understanding with the…
ALBERTA – SNC-Lavalin of Montreal has been awarded the detailed engineering and procurement contract for Phase 3A of the Christina Lake steam-assisted gravity drainage (SAGD) facility. The project is owned by MEG Energy of Calgary.
MONTREAL – SNC-Lavalin Group has been informed that since First Quantum Minerals’ takeover of Inmet Mining, the joint venture headed by SNC is no longer needed at the Cobre Panama development project. Inmet subsidiary Mineral Panama SA…
QUEBEC – SNC-Lavalin has been awarded a contract by Goldcorp subsidiary Opinaca Mines to provide project management, detailed engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) services for the Éléonore gold…