Alberta
Oil and gas top the list of valuable resources being extracted in Alberta, but there are other stories in the mining and exploration industries here, including coal and precious gemstones.
Recent Alberta articles
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This new refinery will turn Alberta oil sands into diesel fuel
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Northwest Redwater is the first bitumen refinery to be built in Canada since 1982.
by Gail Jansen-Kesslar -
Hinton’s proactive campaign for affordable housing
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Housing can be an issue for any community that hosts resourced-based industries. Hinton, Alberta, is looking for innovative solutions.
by Gail Jansen-Kesslar -
Another coal mine is in the works for Hinton, Alberta
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Coalspur Mines' Vista Coal Project in Hinton, Alberta, could become North America's largest thermal coal mine.
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Alberta’s Industrial Heartland
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Alberta's Industrial Heartland is Canada’s largest petrochemical and hydrocarbon processing centre.
by Lisa Crane -
Drilling down for data
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Century Wireline Services uses specialized tools and computerized systems to provide a map—or a log—of what lies underground.
by Lisa Crane - The Kimberley connection
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The City of Kimberley and Integra Air promote the potential for Alberta's oil sands workers to live in the BC Rockies.
by Karen Kornelsen - Transforming tailings management in Alberta’s oilsands
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With much criticism over the environmental impact of these toxic ponds, solutions are earnestly being sought after to come up with a solution.
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Tailings ponds made better
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Syncrude, based in Alberta, is focusing on its tailings ponds and is developing new technology to improve reclamation of the ponds.
by Kali Love -
From ammolite to zircon
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Jeff Nechka, a gemologist at Premier Gems in Calgary, sheds some light on the tools of his trade—and gives a few tips on finding the highest quality gems.
by Glynis Fediuk -
Bearly scratching the surface
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Brian “Griz” Testo is obsessed with the hunt for precious minerals—and he’s hoping for a golden discovery near Greenwood, B.C.
by Tanya Laing Gahr