British Columbia-based Infracon Construction, Inc., announced today it has purchased the shuttered Agrium phosphate mine in Kapuskasing, Ontario.
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Construction firm to reopen Kapuskasing, Ont. phosphate mine
BHP open to potash partner but still will enter fertilizer business alone
Feds put $100M toward reducing emissions at BHP site
Ottawa | Reuters — BHP Group is open to taking on a partner as it builds its first potash mine in Saskatchewan, but can also go it alone and is not currently involved in discussions with rival Nutrien, a senior BHP executive said Monday. “We are more than happy and willing to work with partners. […] Read more
Nutrien confident in potash demand even with BHP project
Calgary | Reuters — Canada’s largest potash producer Nutrien said Tuesday it is confident in growing global demand for the crop fertilizer, shrugging off BHP Group’s decision to press on with its massive Jansen project in Saskatchewan that will add millions of tonnes a year of potash supply. BHP announced Tuesday it is going ahead […] Read more
Richardson buys up veg oil-based drilling lubricant maker
Grain firm supplies canola oil to Control Chemical
The Calgary maker of Matex drilling fluids is under new ownership from one of its minority owners and its biggest supplier of crude canola oil. Winnipeg grain firm Richardson International announced last Tuesday it has bought full ownership of Control Chemical Corp. for an undisclosed amount. Control Chemical is billed as a specialized manufacturer of […] Read more
BHP delaying decision on Saskatchewan potash project
Jansen mine decision to be delayed by a few months
Melbourne | Reuters — BHP Group expects to present its board with a decision on whether to proceed with its Jansen potash project in Saskatchewan in a few months’ time — rather than mid-year — after choosing between two port options, an executive said on Thursday. The world’s biggest miner has estimated the project at […] Read more
Selenium from open-pit coal mining may pose downstream risk to ag
Potential of selenium pollution in Alberta’s major watersheds a threat to agriculture and others downstream, say livestock nutritionist and conservationist
The effects of selenium pollution in rivers near open-pit coal mines can be felt hundreds of kilometres downstream, says a conservation organization. In studying the impacts of open-pit coal mining in B.C.’s Elk Valley, Lars Sander-Green has seen how selenium leaching from four metallurgical coal mines contaminated the local drinking water supply and devastated fish […] Read more
BHP covers added costs for potash project
Long-awaited decision by BHP board now expected mid-2021
“Challenges” in completing the shafts for its Saskatchewan potash project have led the world’s biggest mining company to top up the project budget by 10 per cent. BHP, in an operational review document released Tuesday for its quarter ending Sept. 30, said its board has approved another $272 million to complete the watertight concrete and […] Read more
Ranchers fear loss of grazing lands due to coal mining projects
Public use of previously protected lands, water quality of Oldman River watershed threatened after Alberta rescinds coal development legislation
Laura Laing can’t imagine how her family would run their cow-calf operation without their Mount Livingstone grazing allotment. These native grasslands, nestled among the hills and peaks, with Cabin Ridge Mountain rising above the pastures, support a large percentage of the Plateau Cattle Company herd from early June to the beginning of October. “Year after […] Read more
Brazil Amazon deforestation soars to 11-year high
Sao Jose dos Campos, Brazil | Reuters — Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest rose to its highest in over a decade this year, government data on Monday showed, confirming a sharp increase under the leadership of right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro. The data from Brazil’s INPE space research agency, which showed deforestation soaring 29.5 per cent […] Read more
Manitoba agriculture merged into new provincial ministry
Manitoba’s provincial agriculture ministry is being merged with its resource development arm under the oversight of the minister responsible for the latter. Premier Brian Pallister on Wednesday announced a reorganization of his government’s ministries along with a shuffle of his cabinet in the wake of his Progressive Conservative government’s re-election last month. The realignment sees […] Read more
Canadian Cattlemen Presents: Depth of Field
