{"id":444793,"date":"2026-01-31T08:35:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-31T08:35:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/444793\/"},"modified":"2026-01-31T08:35:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T08:35:07","slug":"canadian-company-says-its-sitting-on-major-site-of-alumina-in-saskatchewan-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/444793\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadian company says it’s sitting on major site of alumina in Saskatchewan"},"content":{"rendered":"

Promising mining discovery<\/p>\n

The Canadian Press – Jan 30, 2026 \/ 6:31 pm | Story: 597087<\/p>\n

\"Saskatchewan<\/p>\n

Photo: The Canadian Press<\/p>\n

Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe speaks with reporters before the First Ministers Meeting in Ottawa, Thursday, Jan. 29, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS\/Adrian Wyld<\/p>\n

TISDALE \u2014 A Canadian company says it’s found what it believes to be a major supply of a critical industrial material that could transform Saskatchewan’s economy.<\/p>\n

Canadian Energy Metals says a preliminary economic assessment suggests 6.8 billion tonnes of alumina is in the ground near Tisdale, northeast of Saskatoon.<\/p>\n

Alumina is a powdery material used for making aluminum, and has applications ranging from vehicle parts to batteries and aerospace components.<\/p>\n

The company says it has more work to do, including setting up a demonstration facility, before it decides whether it’s feasible to start the $6.3-billion project known as Thor.<\/p>\n

Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe says alumina could be the province’s next big resource after potash and uranium.<\/p>\n

Moe says he spoke about the project with premiers and Prime Minister Mark Carney this week, telling them it could help position Canada as a stable supplier of critical resources.<\/p>\n

“I’m very excited,” Moe told a news conference Friday. “Do I think this has the realm to be in that scope of discussion, like uranium and potash, coming from Saskatchewan? Yes, I certainly do.”<\/p>\n

Tisdale Mayor Mike Hill said his town is embracing the project.<\/p>\n

“Agriculture will always be our foundation, however no rural community thrives by standing still,” he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Promising mining discovery The Canadian Press – Jan 30, 2026 \/ 6:31 pm | Story: 597087 Photo: The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":444794,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[49,48,295,66],"class_list":{"0":"post-444793","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-environment","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-environment","11":"tag-science"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/444793","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=444793"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/444793\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/444794"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=444793"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=444793"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=444793"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}