Athabasca near closing $1.32 billion sale of Dover oil sands to PetroChina But CEO Sveinung Svarte won’t publicly say when that date will arrive. Cecilia Jamasmie | August 12, 2014 | 4:23 pm
Mexico copper mine spill pollutes water supplies 40 km from US border While Canada and the U.S. look at Mount Polley disaster's aftermath, another big spill has contaminated rivers a bit further south. Cecilia Jamasmie | August 12, 2014 | 2:45 pm
Participants in new silver fix ‘unclear’ three days before it goes live No bank has publicly stepped forward to say they will be involved in the new silver benchmark. Cecilia Jamasmie | August 12, 2014 | 11:15 am
Papua New Guinea new mining law takes away Rio’s subsidiary rights The ruling formalizes the Bougainville province's control of its own resources, which means the national PNG mining law no longer applies. Cecilia Jamasmie | August 11, 2014 | 9:45 pm
Australia may ban uranium sales to Russia as part of sanctions Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said that sanctions to date had only been imposed on Russian individuals and companies but Australia could consider "other options". Cecilia Jamasmie | August 11, 2014 | 5:05 pm
Opponents of South Dakota uranium project demand more info The Dewey-Burdock mine is expected to recover 1 million pounds of uranium annually for eight years. Cecilia Jamasmie | August 11, 2014 | 4:30 pm
Kinder Morgan merges assets in $70-billion deal The merger is the largest in the energy sector in the last 15 years. Cecilia Jamasmie | August 11, 2014 | 11:00 am
Coal oversupply to cap prices to 5-year-low Not even higher seasonal demand expected as the Northern Hemisphere heads into winter will save coal from its free falling, analysts say. Cecilia Jamasmie | August 11, 2014 | 7:30 am
Canada’s Mount Polley disaster: experts warned tailings pond ‘getting large’ Consulting company claims it told Imperial Metals how important it was to monitor the tailings “to prevent problems in the future." Cecilia Jamasmie | August 10, 2014 | 3:45 pm
West Africa Ebola outbreak forces miners to lock down operations, delay projects After the WHO declared the current outbreak an “international public health emergency.” Cecilia Jamasmie | August 10, 2014 | 2:40 pm