TransCanada gets enough commercial support to go ahead with Keystone XL

For him, the word is "oilfield services."

Instead of shovels and buckets, these miners use computers and cryptography.

Study found mercury accumulation in the surface layers of the seas is happening faster than in the deep ocean as a result of gold mining, coal-fired power plants and sewage, among others.

Prices for the metal have jumped almost 17% since early May, hitting $2,410 a tonne late July.

It has something to do with how orange juice is produced.

Australia’s most successful mining prospector has warned juniors face unprecedented hurdles to bring projects to market as excessive ­regulation and high start-up costs threaten to derail the next leg of the resources boom.

China' wants astronauts on the moon early 2020s. Filling one shuttle's cargo bay with helium-3 could bring the equivalent energy of 1bn barrels of oil back to earth.

The liquefied natural gas project planned for Kitimat, B.C., faces an uncertain future.

The U.S. second largest coal producer blamed weak market conditions and increased government regulation for the decision.