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Alberta

Alberta is a province in western Canada. Its capital is Edmonton, while Calgary is its largest city and economic centre. The province has a population of about 4.5-million and is one of Canada's wealthiest regions, driven by its substantial natural resource base. Alberta's economy has historically been dominated by oil and gas extraction, with the province holding vast reserves of crude oil in the Athabasca oil sands and significant conventional petroleum and natural gas deposits. The energy sector remains central to provincial revenues and employment, though economic diversification efforts have expanded agriculture, technology and renewable energy industries. Alberta also possesses emerging lithium resources in subsurface brines, which are being explored for battery-grade lithium carbonate production using direct lithium extraction technologies. The province operates under a parliamentary system with a unicameral legislature and is part of the Canadian confederation. Alberta is a member of the Western Canadian provinces and plays a significant role in national energy policy and interprovincial trade. The province was established in 1905, carved from the Northwest Territories, and has since developed into a key driver of Canada's resource economy.

Alberta News


ARC Resources' Attachie production site
ARC shareholders approve $16.4bn Shell takeover deal
15th July 2026 By: Reuters

Canadian energy company ARC Resources said on Tuesday its shareholders have voted in favor of being acquired by Shell, clearing another step for one of this year's biggest energy sector deals.... 


Sherritt's nickel/cobalt joint venture operation in Cuba
Sherritt pursuing comprehensive recapitalisation to cope amid Cuba challenges
14th July 2026 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Embattled nickel and cobalt refiner Sherritt International Corporation has warned it is operating with constrained liquidity after it suspended its joint venture activities in Cuba and stopped its... 


Crude oil pours from well
Alberta, Ontario propose new 2 050-mile Canada oil pipeline
7th July 2026 By: Reuters

Alberta and Ontario on Monday proposed a new 2 050-mile (3 300 km) crude oil pipeline between the two Canadian provinces that they said would initially move 500 000 barrels per day (bpd) and reduce... 


Waving Canadian flag
Public engager Resource Works lauds latest Canadian natural resource investments
6th July 2026 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Canadian public engagement organisation Resource Works has welcomed the Canada-British Columbia Cooperative Prosperity Agreement signed on July 2 by Prime Minister Mark Carney and Premier David... 


Canada Prime Minister Mark Carney
Canada, Alberta announce new west coast oil pipeline to boost exports
3rd July 2026 By: Reuters

Canada announced plans to build a new oil pipeline from Alberta to the Pacific coast, which would give the world's fourth-largest oil producer greater capacity to export to Asia and ease its... 


Chronos Resources logo
New Canadian consultancy says it is dedicated to helping clients navigate complexity
30th June 2026 By: Marleny Arnoldi

A newly launched firm backed by more than 100 years of collective experience, Chronos Resources, has entered the market with a disciplined, integrated model build for operators "who cannot afford... 


Fortune Metals' NICO project
Canada announces more federal investment for projects to advance critical minerals mining
29th June 2026 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Canada Energy and Natural Resources Minister Tim Hodgson on June 29 announced investments of up to $73-million planned for 12 projects across Canada to advance mining and the infrastructure needed... 


Sherritt's nickel/cobalt joint venture operation in Cuba
Sherritt warns of going-concern risk after Trump expands Cuba sanctions
26th June 2026 By: Bloomberg

A Canadian miner that is one of Cuba’s biggest foreign investors warned investors that its ability to carry on as a going concern is in doubt after Donald Trump expanded US sanctions on the... 


LPG gas bottles
Alberta boosts LPG exports by rail as US summer demand booms
26th June 2026 By: Reuters

Railway exports of liquefied petroleum gases (LPG) from the Canadian production hub of Edmonton, Alberta, to refining and trading centers in the US are unusually high this summer owing to strong... 


Sherritt's nickel and cobalt refinery in Alberta
Sherritt confirms Alberta refinery is shutting down for now
23rd June 2026 By: Marleny Arnoldi

TSX-listed nickel and cobalt producer Sherritt International Corporation has started to shut down operations at its refinery in Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta. The transition aligns with the... 


Crude oil pouring from drilling rig well
Alberta in talks with Japan on boosting Canadian crude imports
23rd June 2026 By: Reuters

The government of Alberta, Canada's main oil-producing province, is in talks to export more crude oil to Japan and reduce that country's reliance on the Middle East, the province's Energy Minister... 


Periodic table symbol for lithium
Clearwater lithium project, Canada – update
19th June 2026 By: Sheila Barradas

E3 Lithium has successfully commissioned Phase 2 of the demonstration facility. 


An image of drilling at Clearwater project
E3 Lithium commissions Phase 2 of demonstration facility
15th June 2026 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

Canadian lithium development company E3 Lithium has successfully commissioned Phase 2 of its Clearwater project demonstration facility in Alberta and continues to operate a reservoir production... 


Alberta's Rocky Mountains
Singer, citizens may well manage to get new coal projects banned in Alberta
12th June 2026 By: Marleny Arnoldi

A petition launched by award-winning musician and sixth-generation Albertan Corb Lund together with the “Water Not Coal” campaign has garnered the minimum required signatures under Alberta’s... 


Crude oil pouring from drilling rig well
Canada oil outages, bad weather to tighten inventories at key US storage hub 
12th June 2026 By: Reuters

Wet weather and a power outage at a major oil sands producer have contributed to crude export supply tightness out of Western Canada, which could tighten supplies to the key Cushing storage hub in... 


Image of lithium ore
Clearwater lithium project, Canada – update
12th June 2026 By: Sheila Barradas

E3 has started ordering equipment required for Phase 3 of the project. 


Oil refinery in New Brunswick
India considering Canada as potential crude oil supplier, envoy says
11th June 2026 By: Reuters

India is considering Canada as a potential crude oil supplier, High Commissioner Dinesh Patnaik said on Wednesday at the Global Energy Show in Calgary, Alberta, adding that the country's newer... 


E3 Lithium's field pilot plant at Clearwater project
Canadian lithium developer E3 secures $36m fed funding for Clearwater demo plant, feasibility study
10th June 2026 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Canadian lithium developer E3 Lithium has met all the conditions required to receive Canadian federal government funding worth $36-million to advance Phase 3 of Clearwater project's demonstration... 


Cenovus oil pipes in Alberta
Cenovus CEO says proposed pipeline to Canada's west coast currently 'unfinanceable'
10th June 2026 By: Reuters

Canadian integrated oil and natural gas company Cenovus Energy CEO Jon McKenzie said Tuesday Alberta's proposed one-million barrel-per-day pipeline to British Columbia's Pacific coast cannot be... 


Sherritt cobalt and nickel refinery in Alberta
Sherritt appoints finance veteran interim CFO to steer through Cuba challenges
4th June 2026 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Having warned shareholders of acute financial, legal and operational challenges ahead owing to US sanctions in Cuba last month, TSX-listed Sherritt International Corporation has appointed Fitzroy... 


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