The Canadian oil and gas industry had already faced years of headwinds leading into 2020; what new challenges are waiting in 2021. This week’s Blog from Torys LLP examines the year ahead and predicts what’s in store for Canadian oil and gas.
Rapid changes in technology have led to a clear increase in the demand for critical and strategic minerals, and Québec is evolving to meet this need with the release of the Québec Plan for the Development of Critical and Strategic Minerals 2020‑2025. This week’s Blog takes a look at what Québec has to offer the mining industry and how the province is positioning itself for the future.
With financial support from the International Mineral Innovation Institute (IMII), Travis Wiens has started a research project to find a digital solution to a age-old process. This week’s Blog examines how out-of-the-box innovation is working to make underground mining safer at potash mines in Saskatchewan.
This week’s Blog is a review of the book Canada Inc.: Legal Haven of Choice for the World’s Mining Industries by Alain Deneault and William Sacher, outlining the reasons Canada has become such a mining haven and then examining the impact of this important industry across the globe.
With world populations expected to rise up to nine billion people over the next thirty years, fertilizers – and the potash that’s used to make them – will only become more important as the demand for food becomes ever greater. This week’s Blog takes a look at Saskatchewan’s role in the production of potash and at how a company out of Moosomin is currently using German know-how to ensure that its equipment is up to the task ahead.
To celebrate its 100th Anniversary in 2020, the Ontario Mining Association has created #ThisIsMining, a campaign that takes a fresh look at the role of mining in our lives and in our province: the achievements, the people, the progress, and the legacy. This week’s Blog takes a look at this initiative that encourages all Ontarians to discover everything mining in Ontario has become, and all it has to offer.
Pure Gold Mining recently released the results of a Feasibility Study on the Madsen Red Lake Gold Deposit that projects a long-life, high-margin mine with low initial capital requirements and a fast timeline to production. This week’s Blog takes a closer look that the results of that study and gives you a glimpse into the future of Ontario’s next gold mine.
Millennials will soon become the largest percentage of the mining industry’s workforce, and they will be sure to shake up the status quo. This week’s Blog takes a look at this growing workforce demographic and what industry can do to attract – and then retain – it in order to lessen the impact of worker shortages.
The stars seem to be aligning for the Madsen Gold Project in Ontario; a definitive feasibility study should be complete Q4 2018, economics are improving, existing infrastructure is in place, and baseline work to update key permits held by Pure Gold are underway. Learn more in this week’s Blog!
Currently in Canada some jurisdictions have zero requirements for prospectors, mineral exploration companies and mining corporations to submit digital data in exchange for assessment credits. Few regions require all the data. In this Blog post Charles Beaudry outlines a better way to submit data that will benefit exploration across the country.