Our History

Rebuilt workforce to pre-Covid levels.

KMFM joint venture with Fort McKay Group of Companies is concluded.

Management buyout complete.

KMC joins Thiess to Win Major Oil Sands Contract with Suncor

KMC awarded 2015-2016 Winter Reclamation Material Salvage and Placement Program

GKJV formed to perform work at Syncrude

KMC was awarded a shale mining contract at a quarry in Western Alberta

KMC acquires assets of Cross Oilsands Contracting Ltd.

Awarded pit bottom mining contract with Teck in BC’s Elk Valley

TriWest, AIMCo and ATB become equity partners in KMC Mining

K2 Mining awarded Kearl Oil Sands Project in partnership with Kiewit

Suncor South Tailings Pond completed

H740 shovel (collaborated with Komatsu Germany) for first 40 m3 shovel

KMC took delivery of the first of the Komatsu flagship PC8000 shovel that was built to KMC specifications under a confidentiality agreement

Awarded contract to reclaim Cameco Key Lake mine. This contract involved the placement of approx. 2,700,000 cu. meters of material from a stockpile source back into mined out pit. A large fleet was mobilized for this three month project which was completed on schedule.

KMC field tested the first group of Liebherr T282 (380 ton) trucks

T.A. Klemke & Son Construction Ltd. changed to Klemke Mining Corporation or KMC Mining

Worlds largest hydraulic excavator commissioned for KMC

Purchased first 285 Shovel with a 19 cubic meter capacity

Oil Sands work continues

Purchased worlds first 485 Shovel with 28 cubic meters capacity

Bought first 3 CAT 789

Quintette Coal Mine work

Purchased first CAT D9N Tractor in the World

Oil Sands work for Suncor and Syncrude continues

KMC expanded its mining footprint with Placer Cassiar Gold Mine. Company received provincial government commendation for outstanding environmental reclamation work

Work at Syncrude and Suncor continues

April 7 Athabasca Plane Crash.

Jack Klemke, Ralph Hope and other passengers suffered minor injuries.

CN Rail bridge approaches

First 777 purchased

Work at Syncrude and Suncor continues

Started direct work for Syncrude with overburden removal contract

Ongoing work at Syncrude

Started work at Suncor site in Fort McMurray, AB

Waterton Lake Road

Started at Syncrude in November 1973 working for Bechtel. Second company to ever work in the oil sands region.

Dempster Highway work completed. At the time, it was Canada’s only all-weather road to cross the Artic circle and made Canadian history to connect the Klondike Highway to the Northwest Territories

The next generation of Klemke’s join the Company in various roles to aid in the growing business.

Ongoing roadwork project

Dempster Highway construction commenced

Ongoing roadwork project

Fox Creek CN railway bed project

Bought YEO

Ralph Hope, Pilot, came on staff

Completed Peace River Highway Relocation

Fraust Lake Highway

Alberta Resources railway bed project

Peace River Highway Relocation

Pine Point, NT

Constructed 60 miles of road south of Kluane Road towards Fort Smith

Grande Cache railway bed project

Established corporate office in Edmonton

Constructed 41 miles of Highway 63 North of Hangingstone Creek to South of Algar Tower

Project paved the way for top producers to start work in oil sands and opened up new opportunities for the Company.

Chief Mountain Highway

Spring flood threatened bridge building efforts

Millet, AB

Highway 2 from Clairsholm to Stavely, AB

Approaches to Red Deer River Bridge

Plesiosaur Dinosaur skeleton found with sea shell fossils

Highway 3 from Coaldale to Lethbridge, AB

Swan Hills to Fort Assiniboine Road

Finished up canal contract

First Highway Project
Vauxhall to Old Man River

Bought first 2 motor scrapers DW 15

Until freeze up

Klemke twins born

Finished up canal contract

First highway project started from Vauxhall to Old Man River, AB

Bought first two motor scrapers DW 15

Until freeze up

Back to Taber, AB to finish dam

Canal contract until freeze up

Bought Medicine Hat Sand & Gravel

Back to Hayes, AB for land leveling

Big cut job

Road building

Constructed dam near Taber, AB

Back to Hayes, AB for land leveling

Bought used D8, Richardson Pull Grader and a LP Letourneau Pull Blade

Bow Island canal building

Land leveling until freeze up in Manyberries, AB

Third generation Klemke son born

Repaired machinery to prepare for next year’s work

Family living in Vauxhall, AB

Bought new D7 and Cat 60 scraper

New equipment became available shortly after Korean War ended

Built roads in Vauxhall, AB

Hayes, AB

Sold first trailer

Built 24 ft by 8 ft trailer and 16 ft by 8 ft bunkhouse for family

Bought second used D7 tractor and Cat 70 scraper

Resumed canal work in Alberta

Crossed Bow River by ferry North of Vauxhall, AB

Force account work patching Ronalain Road

Repaired dam in Beechie, SK

Irrigation canal construction

Built TransCanada Highway between Mortlack and Parkbeg, SK

Unit price at 12 cents/cubic yard

Subcontracted by Clark Construction

Dam near Delisle, SK (North of North Battleford)

Constructed four small dams near Round Hill, SK and another small dam near Smilie, SK

Klemke’s lived in 10 ft x 8 ft trailer

Left machine for Winter

Ted A. Klemke mortgaged their home to make the initial investment in the new business. His son John (Jack) Klemke joined him and the father-son team began operations in southern Saskatchewan constructing irrigation canals.

Purchased used Caterpillar RD 7 Tractor & Bee Gee Scraper

Repaired small dam in Pense, SK which is East of Moosejaw

Built dyke at Kiedive, SK

Dug several dugouts for PRFA between Moosejaw and Regina

Built a dugout at Caronport, SK