Any doubt that Saskatchewan has entered SaskaBoom 2.0 was erased this week. By Day Two of the workweek, we’d seen announcement of a $300 million takeover of …
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Don’t Write Off the Oil Patch
Despite all the talk about climate change and the effects of carbon emissions with a new United Nations report this week, no one is writing the epitaph of this …
Huge Helium Discovery
Good news if you’ve been to a party store and found supplies of helium were limited. A global shortage of the lighter-than-air gas- which is also used in …
Oil Price Spurring Economic Activity
A year ago, the price of a barrel of Western Select crude oil was $3. Today is north of $50. This is the oil market these days – volatile. And the price …
Holding Third Spot
After an off-year in 2019, Saskatchewan is back to a more familiar standing in the Fraser Institute’s annual ranking of places for mining companies to invest. …
Production Discipline Brings Results
One of the hallmarks of the province’s potash industry has been its longstanding adherence to the discipline of matching production to demand. The policy has …