A number of field trips have been organized to a variety of industrial locations on May 10, the day following the closure of the conference. All participants are encouraged to extend their stay and benefit from a tour of a world-class operation of their choosing.
Tour TransAlta’s Highvale Mine, located about 70 km west of Edmonton, and learn about Canada’s largest surface strip coal mine covering 12,140 hectares.
Four draglines are in operation in the six Highvale pits currently being mined. Approximately 13 million tonnes of low-sulphur-content thermal-grade coal are extracted from Highvale each year and fed to the Sundance and Keephills thermal generating plants. Mined out land is reclaimed to support a variety of uses including agriculture, woodlands, wildlife habitat, recreation and wetlands. To date, 1,310 hectares have been reclaimed.
Departure: 8:00
Arrival: 16:30
Maximum: 50 participants
Minimum: 19 participants
Cost: $100
When in Alberta, you definitely want to take this trip to Fort McMurray, 375 km North of Edmonton, to visit the oil sands capital of the world.
This tour will provide an on-the-ground opportunity to witness the vast operations in oil sands mining, driven by innovative technology development and a continuous focus on operations improvement and safety excellence.
Participants will witness the mammoth fleet at work while touring Shell Canada’s Albian Sands Operations north of Fort McMurray, including the AOSP Expansion that opened last summer, increasing production by 100,000 barrels per day.
Departure: 5:30
Arrival: 19:00
Maximum: 18 participants
Minimum: 15 participants
Cost: $600
Saskatchewan is the largest producer of uranium globally, with a number of world-class operations employing state-of-the-art technology to extraction the uranium in a safe and efficient manner.
The tour will include stops at Cameco’s McArthur River Mine and the Key Lake Mill. McArthur River is the world’s largest, high-grade uranium deposit. Proven and probable reserves of 335.5 million pounds of U3O8 at an average ore grade of 15.24 % U3O8 are processed at the Key Lake Mill, blended with low-grade ore in stockpile. Total U3O8 production for the mill from 2000 to 2010 was 191.1 million pounds.
Departure: 5:30
Arrival: 19:00
Maximum: 18 participants
Minimum: 15 participants
Cost: $900
Saskatchewan is also the leading global producer of potash. This tour will bring participants to the Mosaic Colonsay mine near the provincial capital, Regina, one of the preeminent potash operations world-wide. The facility produces Muriate of Potash (MOP) in two grades: granular and standard.
Departure: 5:30
Arrival: 19:00
Maximum: 18 participants
Minimum: 15 participants
Cost: $650
For those who would like an opportunity to see some repair facilities, this industry tour will bring participants to three high performing maintenance centres in the Edmonton area. It’s an opportunity to garner ideas first-hand that can be brought back and implemented with your own maintenance team. The tour will include stops at the OEM Remanufacturing Center, Kal Tire’s Facility in Acheson and ProCon’s Heavy Equipment Facility in Nisku.
Departure: 8:00
Arrival: 17:00
Maximum: 50 participants
Minimum: 19 participants
Cost: $100
