Energy

July 30, 2011

A tale of cleaner tailings

John Broadhurst sizes up the sludge flowing out of a pipe into one of Suncor Energy Inc.’s tailings ponds and nods in approval.

July 30, 2011

Price pressures rising for oil sands operators

Apparently the big news out of Suncor Energy Inc.’s Thursday conference call, where it announced its second quarter results, is that it is taking a $514 million writedown on its…

July 30, 2011

Bannerman seeks win-win partnership

allAfrica.com reports Bannerman Resources Limited (ASX:BMN) seeking ways for a win-win partnership for its Etango uranium project located 35km east of Swakopmund.

July 29, 2011

Technical investor cashes in on silver miners

Now living on Gabriola Island, B.C., retired teacher Rob Plowright says he’s glad to have received two important lessons about investing. “When we paid off our mortgage, my accountant said…

July 29, 2011

Betting on uranium

Nuclear power has been a hot topic of recent. And as a result, the price action of its input commodity has been quite schizophrenic. Investors and speculators are in a…

July 29, 2011

Namibia chamber warns over new tax

Namibia's Chamber of Mines wants the government to reconsider plans to impose a further 17% tax on exploration and mining firms in the southern African producer of diamonds and uranium,…

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