Imperial turns to Kearl With patented technology, production efficiencies look to reduce environmental impact By: Perry King Since beginning plans on the Kearl Oil Sands project in the early 2000s, and sanctioning the project in 2009, Imperial Oil Resources is charting new territory, taking on one of Canada’s largest oil sands projects with an [...]
Carmanah’s Solar EPC Services changing the face of solar technology By: Aileen Ormoc Since the birth of Carmanah’s Solar Engineering Procurement Construction (EPC) Services group in 2001, the subsidiary has introduced innovative designs to the grid connected solar industry through its work on high profile and award winning projects with the City of Toronto [...]
Reliability for the Core: Why Toronto Hydro is Building a New Transformer Station in the City’s Downtown Core By: Toronto Hydro Between 2006 and 2011, the population in the city’s downtown increased by over 50 per cent. Based on Toronto Hydro’s load forecast, between 2017 and 2022 anticipated load increases will exceed the ability [...]
Onsite at the PDAC by: Sunjay Mathuria This year, Toronto’s largest annual mining convention brought minerals and expertise from places as far off as China and Nigeria. Thousands of exchange investors, CEOs, business executives, and mining industry specialists flooded the Metro Convention Centre in early March for the annual Prospectors and Developers Association of [...]
Track Record of Mine Discoveries by: Sunjay Mathuria A Canadian-based energy company specializing in uranium projects, Forum Uranium Corp. has reason to look forward to 2013. President, CEO and Director Rick Mazur explains: “The market is poised for a major comeback. The supply/demand situation is ready to see an uptake in prices for a [...]
Mining and the Yukon are often synonymous. The territory has long been the site of countless mining explorations and endeavors. For almost 70 years, the Yukon Chamber of Mines has represented Yukon's mining industry and the members' various interests. It grew from 12 members in 1943 to over 400 members in [...]
Paving the way to success "Leading the way in the new Yukon Gold Rush" is the tagline found on Taku Gold's website. Since 2005, the gold exploration and resource company has launched several successful gold exploration programs in northern British Columbia and the Yukon. Taku Gold has been particularly successful in what is known [...]
In their four short years as a junior exploration company, Canadian Orebodies has quickly grown to capitalize on Canada’s far north iron ore deposits. Gordon McKinnon, the company’s young CEO, has been with Canadian Orebodies since the beginning in 2008. Starting as a spinout from Baltic Resources, Canadian Orebodies has emerged as a key [...]
Marathon Gold is a junior gold Resource development company with projects in Newfoundland, Idaho, and Oregon. Its two main projects are the Valentine Lake Project, Newfoundland and the Golden Chest Mine, Idaho. Headquartered in Toronto, Marathon Gold is the product of gold assets spun out from Marathon PGM, which was purchased by Stillwater in [...]
Aiming For The Sky Geophysical surveys are something you do not often hear about. But without them, exploration of natural resources would be close to impossible. A geophysical survey is a key process of measuring the variation in several key physical or geochemical parameters of the earth. This helps with mapping of subsurface areas [...]