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Dawson Creek, Fort St John, Hudson Hope, North East BC
Sunday, February 27th, 2011

Power-Gen Worldwide The second of BC Hydro s major project is termed the Dawson Creek/Chetwynd Area Transmission (DCAT) Project. It is expected to increase the area s … Click for more
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Mackenzie, North Central, North East BC, Prince George
Wednesday, February 2nd, 2011

Stikine Energy (TSXV-SKY) recently received back results of their frac sand from their Nonda plant and Angus Lab project located near the Horn Basin in NE British Columbia. This sand would be used in the Horn, Liard and Montney Basin for the extraction of natural gas in the shale natural gas industry. The tests results [...]
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Dawson Creek, Far North, Fort St John, North East BC, Oil & Gas, What we're mining
Sunday, January 23rd, 2011
American Banking News Its portfolio of oil and gas properties is geographically diversified with producing properties located principally in Alberta, British Columbia, … Click for more
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Dawson Creek
Thursday, November 18th, 2010
Western Coal Corp (TSX-WTN) stocks surged on the take over bid by Walter Energy. The stock soared 45% today with a deal worth $3.3 billion that is exclusive until Dec 1, 2010. Western Coal operated 3 mines in Northern BC with others in West Virginia and Wales with production of 6.1 million tonnes of coal [...]
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Copper, North Central, North Coast, North East BC, North West BC, What we're mining
Saturday, November 13th, 2010
Copper hits record peak The Province – Marie-Louise Gumuchian, Michael Taylor – 20 hours ago Copper, a key export commodity in BC, hit a record high of $8966 US a tonne Thursday as sentiment was stoked by strong economic data from China. Click for more
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North Central, North Coast, North East BC, North West BC, Rare Earth Metals, What we're mining
Sunday, October 31st, 2010
Source: Petroleum News British Columbia’s Ministry of Energy, Mines & Resources and Geological Survey are sponsoring an international workshop on the geology of rare metals Nov. … Click for more
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Coal, Copper, Gold, Magnesium, Molybdenum, North Central, North Coast, North East BC, North West BC, Oil & Gas, Rare Earth Metals, Silver, What we're mining, Zinc
Sunday, October 31st, 2010
Source: Petroleum News British Columbia is home to an incredibly dynamic mining sector which is helping to lead BC’s economic recovery. This is due to our abundant natural … Click for more
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Dawson Creek, Prince Rupert
Wednesday, October 27th, 2010
Western Coal (TSX-WTN) is now implementing the use of Capesize bulk carrier ships at Ridley Terminals. Western Coal previously utilized 75,000 tonne Panamax vessels but since September 2010 has switched to the 170,000 tonne Capesize vessels. The next Capesize ship scheduled to load the Company’s coal is expected to arrive at Ridley Terminals in November [...]
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Coal, North East BC, What we're mining
Thursday, October 21st, 2010
Source: Globe and Mail A decade ago, people were predicting that the northeastern British Columbia community would soon become a mining ghost town – a victim of a dying coal … Click for more
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Dawson Creek, Far North, Fort Nelson, Fort St John, North East BC, Oil & Gas, What we're mining
Tuesday, October 19th, 2010
CanadianBusiness.com The Calgary-based company says it will construct a pipeline in northeast British Columbia and other field facilities in Western Canada for Imperial Oil … Click for more