NEWS:
Suncor Energy reports employee fatality at its Oil Sands site Suncor Energy reports there has been an employee fatality at its Oil Sands site on Sunday January 19, 2014. Suncor Energy offers condolences. READ…
Team sent to investigate a fire on board the tanker Algonova The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) is deploying a team of investigators to Sydney, Nova Scotia, to investigate a fire that occurred on board the tanker vessel Algonova. READ...
Registration for Partners in Training Event, Edmonton James Reyes-Picknell will show you how to jumpstart your maintenance improvement initiative. Start with low-hanging fruit, he says. Learn how to avoid unnecessary cost and angst at Partners in Training in Edmonton, April 15-17, 2014. Register immediately. READ...
IPAF raises awareness on electrocution risks
IPAF will feature a dynamic display at the Lift Safety Zone at the CONEXPO-CONAGG show from March 4 to 8, 2014 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The live demo will promote the safe and effective use of aerial work platforms and draws on data from IPAF's accident reporting project, which indicates that electrocutions are the single largest cause of fatalities to AWP operators in the U.S. READ...
Resource Revenue Transparency Working Group releases recommendations
A new report offers a framework for mandatory disclosure rules for extractive companies in Canada. The report provides rules that would oblige all extractive companies listed in Canada to publish the payments they make to the governments where they operate around the world. READ...
Rio Tinto Alcan inaugurates AP60 aluminium smelter in Canada
Rio Tinto Alcan inaugurated the US$ 1.1 billion Arvida Aluminium Smelter, AP60 Technology Centre, in Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean, Que. The new plant has an installed capacity of 60,000-tonnes of aluminium and is the most technologically advanced aluminium smelter in the world. READ...
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