Oil prices set to rebound

A rally in US oil to six-week highs and a 25% narrowing of the discount paid for Canadian crude help bitumen-derived oil close in on $70 a barrel.

Chief Andrew Mackenzie highlighted he will base future decisions on BHP's "four key pillars": coal, iron ore, petroleum and copper.

But British Columbia is expected to become the fastest growing economy by 2015.

Canadian mining companies are becoming increasingly unwilling to add employees to their payrolls and are reporting the weakest hiring intentions since Q3 2009.

The Obama administration began preparing its final review of Keystone XL's northern segment on Monday.

Despite its very publicized attacks on coal, China may not be headed towards a coal-free future - not even close.

The miner would need to lay off about 30,000 employees and dozens of contractors if it is not allowed to ship concentrates from the Indonesia.

Anthony Roberts.

The world's 12th largest company.