The District of Stewart is currently under taking a study on the development of their port to be used for exporting of raw materials. With the Portof Prince Rupertalways expanding the District of Stewart is looking at becoming more of a participant with a creation of a new website www.stewartworldport.com that will eventually promote the [...]
The Province (Earlier, Pat Daniel, president of Enbridge Inc., the company pushing to put a pipeline from Alberta to Kitimat, spoke of the thousands of jobs and billions of dollars that would flow into Canada and BC if the Northern Gateway Pipeline project, … Click for more
Montreal Gazette To reinforce this support, Harper’s Minister of Natural Resources, Joe Oliver, has endorsed Enbridge’s Northern Gateway Pipeline – a $5.5 billion project that would bring oil and gas through 1172 km of BC’s wilderness to Kitimat – before the public … Click for more
Globe and Mail British Columbia’s native communities have often been, at best, reactive to Chinese investment in energy and mining projects. But that is starting to change. The Kaska Dena Council in Northern BC is in the final stages of a deal with a Chinese company … Click for more
With long term contracts signed with companies such as Arch Coal, Ridley Terminals is expanding to accommodate coal export for Asia. The facility located in Prince Rupert is owned and operated by the Government of Canada. There are planning a 35 acre expansion will include a new rail dump car for coal, iron ore and [...]
The Enbridge Pipeline debate is still ranging on with a number of new developments and insights for Northern British Columbia. This $5.5 billion 1,172 km pipeline from Edmonton, Alberta to Kitimat, BC is slated to start in 2016. With the price of raw materials in the mining sector increasing and the price of oil at [...]
The Ports of British Columbia have attracted attention lately with the exporting of raw materials overseas. The concern about Ridley Island having a 40% of all capacity taken up by US firms that are moving coal from the US Midwest to Prince Rupert has been raised by many people. With Ridley being a Federal Government [...]
Source: The Province BC’s forest sector, hit hard by US housing weakness, is enjoying considerable success in China, Hall said. Forest products exports to China soared 80 per … Click for more
Source: Wall Street Journal – Joel Millman QUESNEL, British Columbia—Timber giants, squeezed by the twin tongs of a US housing slump and a global recession, are starting to stir again in Canada’s north woods thanks to insatiable demand from China. Click for more
Globe and Mail In a worrisome sign, Enbridge presented Northern Gateway for regulatory approval without securing any commitment from oil and gas companies to use it – an … Click for more
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