Alberta eyes new mineral mines as global demand increases

Alberta is making a push to mine various minerals buried beneath the province, releasing a new strategy and rejigging regulations in the hope it can be a major player in the production and supply of elements needed to develop everything from electric-vehicle fuel cells to renewable-power infrastructure and cellphones. The plan, announced Thursday, is twofold: Pull oversight of the mineral mining sector under the Alberta Energy Regulator (AER), and implement a new provincial strategy and action plan to help meet global demand for lithium, uranium, vanadium, rare-earth elements, potash and diamonds.-- More...