Mines, quarries, pilots & hubs in Alberta

Base Mine Extension (225 kbbl/d froth) proposed as replacement; Upgrader 1 had a 67-day outage in 2025.

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Suncor

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≈260 kbbl/d bitumen (5-yr avg); mines wind down early 2030s

Q3 2025 record 184 kbbl/d.

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Suncor (100 %)

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≈174–180 kbbl/d (2025); nameplate 194 kbbl/d

Mildred Lake Extension West first oil April 2025 extends life ≈14 years.

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Syncrude (Suncor-operated)

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Upgrader ≈335 kbbl/d SCO (2025 record)

Feeds Mildred Lake upgrader.

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Syncrude

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Nameplate 225 kbbl/d

Reliability debottleneck adds 6.3 kbbl/d in fall 2027.

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Canadian Natural

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Nameplate 314 kbbl/d bitumen; ≈280 kbbl/d SCO (2025)

Diluted bitumen, no upgrader; Q3 2025 record 316 kbbl/d.

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Imperial (71 %) / ExxonMobil

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≈280 kbbl/d (2025); 2026 guidance ≈290 kbbl/d

100 % CNRL after the Shell asset swap.

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Canadian Natural

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Nameplate 183 kbbl/d

Froth-treatment tailings here and at the other mines carry 43–72 kt/yr of monazite plus Ti–Zr heavy minerals (AGS INF 157).

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Canadian Natural

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Nameplate 145 kbbl/d

AER granted Phase II permits 20 Jul 2026 (+630 ha); provincial EIA complete June 2026; planned closure 2032.

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Coalspur Mines (Bighorn / Cline Group)

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≈7.5–9 Mt/yr run-of-mine; export to Japan & Korea

Care-and-maintenance 2020; 68 ha Pit 26 extension applied 2025.

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Prairie Mines & Royalty (Westmoreland)

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≈1.6 Mt run-of-mine (2025), low rate

Alberta's only producing met-coal mine; operational disruptions in 2025.

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CST Canada Coal

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≈0.5–1.3 Mt/yr met coal to South Korea

AER approvals 24 Sep 2025; Court of Appeal granted leave to appeal 25 Nov 2025.

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Summit Coal (Valory Resources)

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≈1.2–1.3 Mt/yr planned; opening ≈2027

Only Plains coal mine still producing after the coal-power phase-out.

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Dodds Coal Mining

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Very small domestic heating coal

Closed with the Genesee gas conversion; fly ash up to 1,399 ppm REO characterized (AGS INF 157).

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Westmoreland / Capital Power

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Closed June 2024

Formerly Canada's largest surface coal mine; fly ash now beneficiated for cement (Lafarge / TransAlta).

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TransAlta

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Closed Dec 2021; reclamation to 2046

7,000 ha under reclamation.

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Westmoreland

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Humalite soil amendment since 2021; coal closed

Active reclamation.

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Teck → Elk Valley Resources (Glencore)

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Closed June 2020; ≥C$200 M reclamation

AER approved exploration and water diversion 15 May 2025; water licence contested.

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Northback Holdings (Hancock)

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Redesigned ≈2.5 Mt/yr; application expected end-2026

Expanded from 1.3 Mt/yr in 2013–16; largest cement plant in western Canada.

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Lafarge Canada (Holcim)

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2.2 Mt/yr cement

Quicklime, hydrated lime and pulverized limestone for oil sands, water treatment and steel.

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Graymont

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Two rotary preheater kilns (capacity unpublished)

Edmonton plant's full-scale CCS (≈1 Mt/yr, up to C$2 B) paused August 2026 on weak carbon prices.

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Heidelberg Materials

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Rail-fed limestone for Edmonton cement plant

Rundle rock since 1960.

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Thunderstone Quarries

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Dimension and landscape stone

Operating since 1948 on a ≈300 m Lotsberg salt bed; 2025–26 output not published.

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Windsor Salt (Stone Canyon)

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Solution-mined vacuum salt (≈140 kt/yr historic capacity)

Dow chlor-alkali closed 2006; caverns now storage assets for the Industrial Heartland.

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Dow, ATCO Energy Solutions, Keyera

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Lotsberg caverns for NGL, ethylene and hydrogen storage

Paddy Member quartz sand; took over from Canadian Silica Industries in 2022.

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Source Energy Services

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≈1.0 Mt/yr nameplate (2025); plan to 3 Mt/yr

Glaciofluvial quartz sand; largest industrial sand producer in Canada per company.

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Sil Industrial Minerals

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Frac, filtration, glass and abrasive sands (>6,000 t/d claimed)

Surface Material Lease approved 2014; not developed.

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Athabasca Minerals / AMI Silica (Badger Mining)

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≈16 Mt resource; 1 Mt/yr target

Bearpaw Formation K-zone; emerged from CCAA 2020.

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Korite International (Buffalo Rock Mining)

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>42 M carats since 2003; ≈90 % of world ammolite

Julius Lake West bog harvest 2024/25–2038.

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Sun Gro Horticulture

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Alberta ≈17 % of Canadian peat (C$69 M sales, 2013)

No demand for decades; Saskatchewan dominates.

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Alberta Sulphate (historic)

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Closed; plant ran from 1969

Supplies oil sands mines; aggregate is Alberta's #1 mineral by value and tonnage.

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Athabasca Minerals / Fort McKay partners

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Record 11.8 Mt in 2008; largest pit in Alberta

Demonstration plant Phase 2 commissioned June 2026; Directive 056 facility licence filed; Sedgman FEED.

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E3 Lithium

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16.2 Mt LCE M&I @ 75.5 mg/L; Phase 1 12 ktpa Li2CO3 (2028/29)

Resource June 2025.

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E3 Lithium

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5.0 Mt LCE M&I + 0.3 Mt inferred @ 54 mg/L

150 m³ bulk brine sample April 2026; FS/FEED mid-2027; production 2029–30.

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LithiumBank Resources (SLB FS/FEED)

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5.2 Mt LCE M&I + 2.78 Mt inferred @ 81.6 mg/L; 2 × 5 ktpa modules

Trimmed from 21.7 Mt after lease rationalization.

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LithiumBank Resources

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15.1 Mt LCE inferred @ 80 mg/L

AER ST98 counts it toward 14–15 kt/yr Li2CO3 from 2028.

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NeoLithica

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10 Mt LCE inferred @ 70 mg/L

Company refocused on US brines in 2025.

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LibertyStream (formerly Volt Lithium)

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4.3 Mt LCE inferred @ 51 mg/L

Alberta's first commercial helium plant; non-operational since fall 2024; CCAA Feb 2025, Keranic acquisition 2025; restart status unverified.

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Keranic Industrial Gas (ex-Royal Helium)

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Design 22 MMcf/yr 99.999 % He from 15 MMcf/d raw gas

Discovery well awaiting facility financing; second exploration well licensed 2026.

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First Helium

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1.3 % He, 26 % N2; 2 MMcf/d test; 323 MMcf He contingent

First production on the Montana (Sweetgrass) side in 2026.

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Avanti Helium

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Historic Cambrian show 2.18 % He / 96 % N2

Seeking equity; 4 km wells into Leduc / Granite Wash.

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Terrapin / No. 1 Geothermal LP

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10 MWe + 985 TJ/yr heat planned

Closed-loop pilot funded C$5 M by ERA (Mar 2026).

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FutEra Power (Razor / AIMCo)

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21 MW hybrid; Canada's only geothermal power plant

C$8 M ERA award (Jul 2026) for Eavor-Jules superhot drilling.

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Eavor Technologies

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Demo 2019–2024; commercial Eavor-Loop in Germany (Dec 2025)

Named by AER as a growth project.

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Novus Earth

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≈3 MWe + greenhouse heat

Basal Cambrian Sandstone 2,105–2,132 m.

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Shell (operator) / Canadian Natural

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≈1 Mt/yr; 9.8 Mt stored since 2015

Sources: Nutrien Redwater and Sturgeon Refinery; Enhance Origins permanent hub due 2026.

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Wolf Midstream / Enhance Energy

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14.6 Mt/yr line capacity; 1.4 Mt stored 2024; ≈8 Mt cumulative

FID June 2024; 22 km pipeline to two injection wells.

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Shell / ATCO EnPower

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650 kt/yr capture; start-up ≈end 2028

Both anchor emitters stalled (Genesee CCS cancelled 2024; Heidelberg on hold Aug 2026).

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Enbridge / First Nations Capital Investment Partnership

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≈4 Mt/yr planned; target 2027

Trilateral MOU 2 Jul 2026; definitive agreements by 15 Nov 2026; C$20–30 B.

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Oil Sands Alliance (CNRL, Cenovus, ConocoPhillips, Imperial, Suncor)

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6 Mtpa net by 2035, +10 Mtpa by 2045; in service 1 Jan 2032

Cost escalated to ≈US$3.3 B.

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Air Products

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1,500 t/d H2 with capture; start late 2027

C$10–11.5 B; CO2 via ACTL; Linde hydrogen plant.

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Dow / Linde

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1,285 kt/yr ethylene + PE Phase 1 (late 2029); Phase 2 2030

Horizon FEED completed 2019; no FID; AGS INF 157 (Jan 2026).

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CVW CleanTech (ex-Titanium Corp) / AGS studies

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≈220 kt/yr TiO2 + 80 kt/yr zircon potential; 43–72 kt/yr monazite

Location approximate (Caroline area gas plant).

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Sultech / Canlin Energy

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50 kt/yr micronized sulphur fertilizer (2027)

AGS INF 155: 1.116 Mt V2O5 indicated over 84 km²; no activity found 2024–26.

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Ironstone Resources (dormant)

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557.7 Mt @ 33.3 % Fe, 0.20 % V2O5 indicated (SRK 2012)

Updated NI 43-101 April 2026; C$12 M program planned.

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Critical Minerals Americas

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Historical 534 kt TREO inferred; 19–29 Bt exploration target

Only exposed Precambrian in Alberta; AGS OFR 2025-08/09 and 2026-04.

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AGS mapping / junior permits

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88 occurrences; AGS 2025 fieldwork 370 sites

AER approved exploration drilling 2025; 60 km north-west of Triple R / Arrow.

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GoldMining (75 %) / Orano (25 %)

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125,328 ha; historic Dragon Lake vein to 54.5 % U over 0.5 m

100 % acquired July 2024; bulk sample planned.

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Star Diamond

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38 kimberlites, 26 diamondiferous; K252 55 cpht