Earlier this year, a stockpile of Canadian critical minerals, specifically rare earth elements, was on the verge of being exported to China for processing. Rare earths are of strategic importance to Canada and to our allies – they are used in electric vehicles, wind...
Evan Bray and Brian Zinchuk spoke on Aug. 14 about current oil prices, drilling activity, helium drilling around Mankota, Bill C-59, freedom of speech, highways in southeast Saskatchewan, crude by rail impacts of a possible rail labour disruption and more. The Evan...
In the spirit of “Get off my lawn!” I’ve realized that we need an entirely new feature, required by law, built into all new electronic devices of importance. Call it the “dumb mode.” Alternatively, you could call it the “make this damned thing work mode,” but...
On Tuesday, Aug. 13, there were 40 drilling rigs working in Saskatchewan. One was drilling for lithium, one for helium, one for potash, and the remaining 37 drilling for oil. That’s according to RiggerTalk.com, which publishes data from the Canadian Association...
EMERALD PARK – White City-based Xtended Hydraulics & Machine is partnering up with American Manufacturing and Components (AMAC). Xtended is a hydraulic specialist, with extensive work in Saskatchewan’s mining sector as well as in energy. Its headquarters is on the...