Oman Daily Observer … has won a contract to supply 386 superstructures (approximately 6000 metric tonnes of steel) for the modernisation of Kitimat Aluminium Smelter in Kitimat, Canada. The client is Rio Tinto Alcan Primary Metal British Columbia Operations, Canada Click for more
Globe and Mail This week, two delegations of employers – one from Saskatchewan led by Premier Brad Wall, the other headed by British Columbia and Alberta construction industry representatives – are making a push to entice Irish citizens to leave their economically … Click for more
portworld Canada’s Port of Prince Rupert has announced it has received $15 million from the Canadian government for its Road Rail Utility Corridor, an initiative which aims to unlock port expansion and job creation in the area. According to a press release, … Click for more
Pacific Free Press by Ray Grigg l Shades of Green Enbridge’s proposal to build a 1172 km Northern Gateway pipeline from Alberta to Kitimat through some of the most challenging and remote territory on the planet exposes wild rivers, landscapes and a pristine BC coast to … Click for more
Yahoo! News Canada (blog) Transport Canada gave thumbs-up to a key component of the plan. The federal department told the Joint Review Panel examining the project that it had "no regulatory concerns" with Enbridge’s plans to bring the giant tankers to Kitimat on the northern BC … Click for more
Vancouver Sun – ‎1 hour ago‎ BC is ill-prepared to manage B.C’s beetle-ravaged forests as they slide into a long-term decline in both value and diversity, Auditor-General John Doyle said in a report released Thursday. Click for more
MarketWatch (press release) VANCOUVER, BC, Feb 15, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) — Avanti Mining Inc. /quotes/zigman/479565 CA:AVT +10.00% ("Avanti" or the "Company") announced today that in accordance with the terms of a bridge loan facility (the "Loan Agreement") dated December … Click for more
Winnipeg Free Press The Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline will deliver an inflationary oil price "shock" to Canadians of US$2 to $3 per barrel "every year for 30 years," a BC economist predicts. Robyn Allan, former president of the Insurance Corp. of BC and senior … Click for more
Canada First Perspective An aboriginal organization leading the fight to prevent oil tankers on the British Columbia coast once took money from Enbridge Inc., the company hoping to build the pipeline from Alberta to the West Coast port of Kitimat. Click for more
Sun Wave Forest Products purchased this mill in 2006 with a promise to inject investment and resume production. When the company did not fulfill its promise, the land was repossessed for taxes. Now Sun Wave has been caught trying received money from banks, based on the support of local Chinese government officials, that the mill [...]
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