Pembina announced plans to buy Kinder Morgan Canada and the U.S. portion of the Cochin pipeline, which runs 2,900 kilometres from Fort Saskatchewan to Chicago.

The $9.3 billion question is just how much a year-long delay caused by the courts will add to the twinning project’s final capital costs.

Used fuel containers are being coated with copper.

The Australian mining giant has been rumored to be divesting its thermal coal assets since July.

Columnist David Fickling asks: If India is such a bright hope for global coal demand, why can’t investors see it?

A summit on “the future of American energy” will be held on Oct. 21.

The mine was placed on care and maintenance in late 2006 because of operational difficulties and lower coal prices.

In Asia, dozens of coal plants have come on line in recent years or are in the planning stages—with a normal lifetime of almost a half-century.