Mining News: Yukon power line upgrades get under way

Infrastructure project is expected to connect northern and southern grids, enhance mine development opportunities along route

Rose Ragsdale

For Mining News

Work got under way in October on stage 2 of Yukon Energy’s Carmacks-Stewart transmission line, a long-needed infrastructure project aimed at dramatically improving access to and affordability of electricity in Yukon Territory. Canadian and territorial government officials unveiled the enhancement of....