Calgary Herald: The first equipment, a used horizontal rotary slurry mixer formerly employed in a California cement plant, has been purchased as US Oil Sands Inc. moves ahead with its plan to mine for bitumen in Utah.
The Calgary-based company announced its final investment decision for the PR Spring Project in the arid state earlier this month, approving a 2,000-barrel-a-day mine and processing centre that is expected to cost $60 million -- about $10 million more than previously estimated.
Chief executive...