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ALX Uranium wants a piece of the Close Lake project in Saskatchewan

Close Lake is located between the Cigar Lake and McArthur River uranium mines, the two richest of their kind in the world.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | March 1, 2019 | 6:53 am

Canada’s mining sector at a crossroads — report

Canada's mining sector is going through dramatic change, but the…

MINING.com Editor | February 28, 2019 | 2:26 pm

China’s 2018 coal usage rises 1%, but share of energy mix falls

China's coal consumption rose for a second year in a…

Reuters | February 28, 2019 | 10:34 am

Blue Sky calls Ivana PEA positive

The PEA calls for an open pit mine that will…

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | February 27, 2019 | 2:19 pm

Eskom’s Molefe ‘stonewalled’ Glencore ex-CEO says

Nedbank Ltd. estimates that corruption, maladministration and bad policies shaved…

Bloomberg News | February 27, 2019 | 9:43 am

Alberta imposes carbon tax, oil sands emissions cap

The measures to address climate change include a carbon tax aimed at individual Albertans, phasing out coal-powered power plants, reducing methane emissions and placing a cap on emissions from the oilsands.

Andrew Topf | November 22, 2015 | 3:07 pm

Commodity prices have not bottomed yet — Goldman Sachs

Unless demand picks up or more miners cut output, prices for raw materials are set to stay low for years, or worse, continue to drop, the investment bank predicts.

Cecilia Jamasmie | November 20, 2015 | 9:01 am

Global coal imports heading for second year of ‘dramatic’ drops

The EIA says China and India are to blame, as imports from both nations — which from 2008 to 2013 accounted for 98% of the increase in world coal trade —are on their way down.

Cecilia Jamasmie | November 20, 2015 | 6:03 am

China admits to have killed 28 suspects on coal mine knife attack

The deaths of the alleged "terrorists" took place over a 56-day operation by security forces, the Chinese government said.

Cecilia Jamasmie | November 20, 2015 | 2:07 am

A brutal year for mine financing explained in just one chart

A miserable $400 million down from a high of $4.6 billion in 2012.

Michael Allan McCrae | November 19, 2015 | 1:29 pm

Chinese commodity trade barometer at record low

The Baltic Dry Index which tracks bulk shipping rates on more than 50 routes around the world drops to lowest since 1985.

Frik Els | November 19, 2015 | 12:25 pm

Caterpillar sales down again, almost three straight years

The biggest drops were in the construction sector in Latin America (-41%) and in the resources industry in Asia (-37%).

Cecilia Jamasmie | November 19, 2015 | 10:16 am

Indonesia probing allegations of extortion to Freeport-McMoRan by senior officials

The investigation aims to determine whether senior officials tried extorting Freeport’s Indonesian unit in return for letting the company continue to operate in the country.

Cecilia Jamasmie | November 19, 2015 | 6:15 am

Ex-Massey Energy CEO’s fate in hands of West Virginia jury

Jurors have begun deliberating the fate of Blankenship, leader of the company that owned the Upper Big Branch mine at the time of a 2010 deadly explosion.

Cecilia Jamasmie | November 18, 2015 | 7:05 am

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