Suncor Oil Sands
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REPORT: MAC releases sustainability results
OTTAWA – The Mining Association of Canada has released its 2016 Towards Sustainable Mining (TSM) progress report. The report takes a look at MAC members’ efforts to protect the environment and contribute positively to the communities where they operate. The…
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SECOND QUARTER: Losses still plague Canadian miners
This is the season of quarterly reports (one of four times annually), but importantly the end of June marks the mid-point of 2016. From the results so far, this year is going to be an exceedingly difficult one in which…
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OIL SANDS: Total E&P sells part of Fort Hills interest to Suncor
ALBERTA – Total E&P, an arm of the French petroleum producer, has agreed to sell a 10% working interest in the Fort Hills oil sands project to Suncor Energy of Calgary for a reported $310 million. The $15-billion project 90 km north…
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OIL SANDS: Suncor to test in situ RF recovery without steam
ALBERTA – Suncor Energy of Calgary plans to test a means of in situ bitumen recovery using radio frequency (RF) waves rather than steam. The new technology will be tested at the Dover site, north of Fort McMurray.
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GOLD: Maclean’s names Kinross top socially responsible mining company
TORONTO – Kinross Gold Corp. is the top mining company on Maclean’s new list of Top 50 most socially responsible companies in Canada. The list was determined by the magazine in partnership with Sustainalytics.
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Top 40: Not Much has Changed
This is the time of year we at CMJ pause to examine how Canada’s mining companies performed during the previous year. We start by poring through year-end 2013 results from twice as many companies as will make the list in an effort not to…
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RECLAMATION: Suncor plants fen at oil sands mine
ALBERTA – Suncor Energy reached what it calls a reclamation milestone with the planting of the Nikanotee fen at its base plant north of Fort McMurray. A fen is a type of peat accumulating wetland, common to the region.
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COMMENT: Top CSR companies ranked by Corporate Knights
Each year a Toronto-based organization called Corporate Knights, “The Company for Clean Capitalism,” ranks Canada’s most socially responsible corporations, and this year several miners are included.
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AWARD: Weir Canada shares steel design award
MISSISSAUGA, Ontario – Weir Canada is the recipient of the Alberta 2013 Canadian Institute of Steel Construction Design Award of Excellence, Industrial Category. The award is given every two years to recognize exceptional talent and…
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ENVIRONMENT: Weir sells three reclaim water barges to Suncor TRO project
ALBERTA – In early 2010, Weir Minerals Canada (WMC) won an order to supply three Multiflo® mega-barges for Suncor’s TRO Project, located 30 km north of Fort McMurray, AB. This past spring, WMC and its team of contractors completed…
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MINING PEOPLE IN THE NEWS: Cornerstone, Harmony Gold, Suncor and Ucore
Cornerstone Capital Resources of Mount Pearl, NL, has asked president Brooke Macdonald to take up additional duties as CEO. Former CEO Glen H. McKay will remain a director and advisor of the company.
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ENVIRONMENT: More birds dead after dip in oil sands tails
ALBERTA – Just days after Syncrude paid a $3-million fine stemming from the deaths of waterfowl in its tailing…
