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Spain’s environmental authority decided that modifications to the 58.14 MW Baluma Solar installation in Granada do not require a full environmental impact assessment. The decision appeared in the BOE on 17 October.
The company’s October 19 quarterly portfolio update summarized a Saskatchewan potash well and a mineralized interval in Newfoundland.
The third-quarter survey found stronger sales outlooks, but about three-quarters of interviews predated the August 21 breakdown in Canada-US trade talks.
The central bank’s third-quarter survey found long-term expectations aligned with elevated short-term views; these are consumer opinions, not realized inflation.
Statistics Canada reported annual CPI growth of 3.1% and gasoline inflation of 27.8%, while grocery price growth slowed to 1.7%.
Crude inventories were 14.644 million cubic metres at month-end versus 14.636 million at the start; HGL and refined-product stocks rose more.
Refined copper was 27.4 thousand tonnes and recoverable cobalt 537.8 tonnes in the same month.
The seasonally adjusted transport index was 92.4; both indexes use January 2018=100.
Hydraulic capacity was 83.0 GW, with wind at 18.4 GW and solar at 5.7 GW.
Revenue slipped to C$23.9 billion as the operating profit margin narrowed to 3.8%.
There were 67,900 vacancies in health occupations in 2025, and their vacancy rate remained above the national rate.
Exports rose to C$28.4 billion and imports to C$39.6 billion, with both flows increasing year over year.
