Energy Top Stories

The latest episode in the Crystallex-Venezuela saga

PDVSA filed an appeal requesting that a Delaware court vacate a decision granting the Canadian miner the right to seize its U.S. assets.

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | August 28, 2018 | 5:52 pm

Surface miners drive up savings in coal mining

Diverse studies and tests show that surface miners offer considerable…

Wirtgen Group | August 28, 2018 | 11:10 am

Western Australia sees wave of lithium and coal projects

Over the next few years, the lithium sector in Western…

Resources Monitor | August 28, 2018 | 9:57 am

World’s top refiner Sinopec posts record profit as oil recovers

China Petroleum & Chemical Corp. said its half-year earnings jumped…

Bloomberg News | August 26, 2018 | 2:56 pm

Fueling a town with waste

In Benin, six tonnes of organic waste are turned into…

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | August 26, 2018 | 2:41 pm

Energy regulator staff probed over handling of TransCanada safety violations

The Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta (APEGA) probe centres on the alleged mishandling of claims of natural gas pipeline violations at TransCanada by engineers working for the energy regulator (NEB).

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 25, 2015 | 8:53 am

Exciting days at the bottom

The broad bottom is in - and well settled in, seemingly, with at least another summer of sideways markets ahead. But time isn't a bad thing.

Gwen Preston - Resource Maven | March 25, 2015 | 8:44 am

Oil sands improving on environment, but new technology takes time

It’s a seemingly small thing, the matter of a dozen or so degrees difference in the water temperature during one part of the lengthy and complex process of squeezing oil from Alberta bitumen.

Canadian Press | March 25, 2015 | 6:00 am

M. Stanley slashes metals outlook on ‘dormant’ China

Investment bank cuts 2015 nickel price forecast by 19%, while copper price estimate is slashed as market moves into oversupply.

Frik Els | March 24, 2015 | 2:36 pm

Belaruskali deal with China dents other players’ chances

The move may be the first of many more competitive deals by producers in the potash market, which has historically operated with large joint ventures controlling prices.

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 24, 2015 | 9:23 am

Here is what it looks like when mining trucks drive across frozen lakes

In the farthest reaches of northwestern Canada, there are few people and fewer roads. When winter comes, fuel, explosives, and heavy equipment move north in an unusual way: via trucks driving on frozen lakes.

NASA Earth Observatory | March 24, 2015 | 8:31 am

Freeport axes dividend by 84% amid weak commodity prices

The copper and gold miner will pay a dividend of 5 cents.

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 24, 2015 | 7:30 am

Putting Uganda on the global mining map

Following a $75m national mineral survey, Uganda has proposed a wide range of tax breaks ahead of a planned mining and exploration licensing round.

Diana Taremwa Karakire | March 24, 2015 | 6:19 am

Oil sands faces its biggest test in extended downturn

The collapse in the market for Canada’s heavy crude below $30 a barrel last week is hammering home a harsh reality for the nation’s oil-sands producers: There’s no one to save them this time.

Bloomberg News | March 24, 2015 | 2:00 am

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