Tag Archives: Mining

Cameco will be letting go of about 10 per cent of the workers at three of its Saskatchewan mining and milling operations. 120 employees spread across the company's McArthur River, Key Lake and Cigar L...

SASKATOON -- Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan (TSX:POT) says it achieved record sales volumes for a third quarter, but saw its profit fall from last year due to weaker prices for the three major types of ...

Construction at the Jansen potash mine near Lanigan, Sask. will continue despite heavy losses reported Tuesday by BHP Billiton. The mining giant posted a loss of $6.4 billion for the 2015-16 fiscal ye...

They've written statements, gathered at the legislature, and met with politicians, but to no avail - people in Southey who are against the Yancoal potash mine don't believe the government is listening...

Work has been suspended at the Agrium Potash Mine in Vanscoy after a serious workplace accident. An employee was caught between two pieces of equipment and seriously hurt early Monday morning. An offi...

Some of the construction work on the K+S Potash mine in Bethune is stalled after an accident at the Legacy mine site. A large processing vessel came crashing down at 4:23 a.m. on Sunday morning when t...

A proposed potash mine near Southey - 58 kilometres north of Regina - has some area landowners worried about what lies ahead. "We are not interested in this mine in this location," said Thera Nordal, ...

Premier Brad Wall confirms the government's rapid response team is already working with some of the 500 people being laid off in northern Saskatchewan. "To identify perhaps other job opportunities tha...

Cameco is suspending production at its Rabbit Lake Mine operation in northern Saskatchewan, resulting in about 500 jobs lost. In the release on their website, they also said production is curtailed at...

Silver Standard Resources (TSX:SSO) has a friendly deal to acquire Saskatoon-based Claude Resources, which operates a gold mine in northeastern Saskatchewan. The offer values Claude Resources (TSX:CRJ...