Mining

New position, new person at helm of Conuma

Conuma President John Schadan has been replaced by former Vice President Brian Marshall, who takes on the newly created position of Chief Operating Officer.  Marshal...

Since last year, 13 Covid cases at Conuma

With BC slowly coming out of the Pandemic—the goal is to be back mostly to normal by September—Conuma has released numbers on how the...

Conuma plans highway haul over summer

Recently, Conuma Coal approached Teck and Anglo American to purchase their coal stockpiles that have been sitting around for years.  “They currently have no plans...

Study calls for moratorium on new northeast mines

A new study out by the Corporate Mapping Project argues that the local mines play a large role in the decline of caribou populations...

Ridley Terminal under new ownership

Trent After years of rumours and attempts to sell Ridley Terminal, the Government of Canada has finally divested itself of RTI.  The sale was announced in...

Colonial Coal updates Huguenot Preliminary Economic Assessment

While coal prices have dropped recently, that hasn’t put Colonial Coal off their stride.  Last year, the company announced the results of its explorations in...

Conuma lays groundwork for Hermann move

Trent The Perry Pit is running out of coal.  This is not unexpected. Indeed, it is the nature of mining. At some point in time, you’re...

Coal Forum looks at tough questions

Trent Industry is in a state of flux, and companies are struggling to figure out how to navigate the future of mining and energy production.  “Challenges...

But what about the mines?

While the current moratorium will cause some disruption to industries like Forestry, how will the moratorium affect the local mines? Short answer: it won’t. At...

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