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Fueling a town with waste

In Benin, six tonnes of organic waste are turned into biogas every week.

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

The secret to safer oil & gas pipelines: graphene

Only in the US, corrosion costs the oil and gas…

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | August 26, 2018 | 11:43 am

‘I was cheated’ – Tales from the collapse of a commodity giant

A former Singapore civil servant recounts how he’s lost almost…

Bloomberg News | August 26, 2018 | 11:18 am

Tipping point? Inflation creep at Australia’s mines to erode margins

Rising costs, falling metals prices may eat into margins.

Reuters | August 24, 2018 | 9:44 am

Australia faces increased blackout risks this summer as coal plants age

The risk of blackouts in Australia's upcoming summer has grown…

Reuters | August 23, 2018 | 11:37 am

First BC oil slump casualty: Ivanhoe Energy faces bankruptcy

The company has filed for creditor protection and faces possible bankruptcy.

Business in Vancouver | February 23, 2015 | 5:27 pm

South Australia govt backs uranium mining

The draft terms of the reference for SA's royal commission into the role of nuclear power should investigate the costs of uranium mining, conservationists say.

Yahoo! | February 23, 2015 | 4:57 pm

Australia’s Hunter Valley coal’s health bill more than $460m a year

The figure, estimated by doctors, is based on the health costs and lost productivity from coal-related respiratory and cardiac issues.

Cecilia Jamasmie | February 23, 2015 | 4:32 pm

Russia opens its largest coal mine

The Arshanovsky open cut mine is expected to yield 10 million tonnes of coal a year once at full capacity.

Cecilia Jamasmie | February 23, 2015 | 11:54 am

Finning’s Vancouver branch to cut 500 workers in Canada

The figure represents 9% of the company's Canadian workforce, and it is due to "soft market conditions."

Business in Vancouver | February 23, 2015 | 11:01 am

Chile’s Codelco likely to buy Anglo’s unwanted copper assets — report

Anglo’s assets up for grabs include three mines and a smelter valued at $1 billion.

Cecilia Jamasmie | February 22, 2015 | 6:01 pm

Coal mine blast kills eight, traps 40 in Pakistan

After methane gas explosion triggered a collapse in a coal mine located about 145 km. off the provincial capital of Quetta.

Cecilia Jamasmie | February 21, 2015 | 1:16 pm

Chinese firm close to start mining uranium in Namibia

Once fully operational, the Husab mine will have the potential to produce 15 million pounds of uranium oxide.

Cecilia Jamasmie | February 21, 2015 | 12:05 pm

Canadian oil sands producers hike output despite dim crude price

Oil companies in Canada, the world’s fifth-largest crude producer, are not showing any signs of cutting down output, despite fuel prices more than halving in the past six months.

Cecilia Jamasmie | February 20, 2015 | 8:06 pm

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