NEWS: REDUCE WORKPLACE ACCIDENTS: Use safe welding practices on the job By Carl Peters Arc welding is safe when sufficient measures are taken to protect the welder from potential hazards. Before starting your next project, be sure to understand and follow safe practices to protect yourself from such hazards as electric shock, fires and explosions, fumes and gases and arc rays. Here's how. more... Canada's 2010 drilling forecast improves In its first update to the 2010 Canadian Drilling Activity Forecast, released in late January, the Petroleum Services Association of Canada (PSAC) is forecasting a substantial increase in wells drilled across Canada for 2010. more... OPEC pumps 29.25 million barrels per day in January: Platts Crude oil production from the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) continued its upward march in January. more... Suncor Energy sells non-core assets in Northeast B.C. The sale is expected to close at the end of the first quarter. As part of its strategic business alignment, Suncor plans to divest of a number of non-core assets. more... Get ready for the CIM Conference and Exhibition The Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM) will hold the CIM Conference and Exhibition 2010 in Vancouver on May 9 to 12. The theme of the conference is Mining — Your Foundation for a Better World, and this will be the focus of a number of sessions. more... Global mining equipment demand set to grow Global demand for mining equipment is projected to increase 4.9 percent per year through 2013 to US$58 billion. While China and India will be leading the charge in spending, other countries will benefit. more...

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CALENDAR OF EVENTS:

Maintrain St. John's, April 7-8, 2010, St. John's, Newfoundland

Global Petroleum Show, June 8-10, 2010, Calgary, Alberta

MEMO 2010 — Maintenance Engineering / Mine Operators Conference, October 25-27, 2010, Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ontario

Check out the Calendar of Events on the REM website for more upcoming industry seminars, conferences, shows and training sessions.

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