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Chinese deal gives fresh boost to thermal coal price

Under the new plan, Chinese miners will cut or boost output to keep coal prices within a desired range.

Frik Els | September 11, 2016 | 7:19 am

South African mining output falls sharply

PGMs down nearly 10% and manganese production down 24%.

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | September 11, 2016 | 1:30 am

NASA’s latest mission may tell us whether asteroid mining is really a go

OSIRIS-REx will collect samples from an asteroid and return them…

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 11, 2016 | 1:15 am

Mongolia readies to revive its giant Tavan Tolgoi coal mine

Erdenes Tavan Tolgoi (ETT), the state-owned company that holds the…

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 9, 2016 | 8:00 am

Uranium mining in Canada one of the world’s cleanest — study

New study shows that mining and milling uranium contributes very…

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 9, 2016 | 4:05 am

Unplanned maintenance lowers production at Suncor

Guidance lowered

Michael Allan McCrae | December 6, 2012 | 7:41 pm

Mining machinery sits idle as Australia prices itself out of projects

Leading equipment provider reports that third of units sit unleased as project opportunities dry up

Marc Howe | December 6, 2012 | 5:25 am

Investors simply hate Freeport’s $20bn oil-gas buy

Stock closes 16% lower – more than 150 million shares dumped.

Frik Els | December 5, 2012 | 9:34 pm

UK announces controversial shale gas tax breaks

As analysts predicted, UK Chancellor George Osborne used his Autumn Statement Wednesday to announce tax breaks and the creation of a government office to simplify regulation of the unconventional gas sector.

Cecilia Jamasmie | December 5, 2012 | 2:52 pm

Gold should be nearing a major bottom

Back in October Market Trend Forecast warned about a likely “ wave 2” correction in Gold. One of their biggest concerns was that the sentiment surveys were running very hot at the time – 88% if advisors polled were bullish on gold.

Market Trend Forecast | December 5, 2012 | 12:42 pm

Norilsk billionaires end dispute as Russian tycoon steps in

Mining billionaire Roman Abramovich, the Russian tycoon who owns the Chelsea soccer club, has stepped into Norilsk Nickel’s long-running management dispute between its two main shareholders by buying a 7.3% stake in the company.

Cecilia Jamasmie | December 4, 2012 | 5:42 pm

INFOGRAPHIC: Chinese investments overseas

China is about to set a record year for outbound M&A, especially if the impending $15.1 billion CNOOC - Nexen deal sees the light before the end of 2012. So where and how much is China investing these days? Firmex came up with a great infographic that explains it all.

Cecilia Jamasmie | December 4, 2012 | 3:00 pm

Ukraine crushed in $1.1billion fake gas deal

Certainly the folks at Gazprom are having a good snicker, reveling in the mockery that has been made of what should have been a landmark Ukraine-Spain gas deal that would have loosened Russia's gas grip on Kiev.

Oilprice.com | December 4, 2012 | 10:31 am

Suncor slashes spending on oil sands growth by about a billion

Fate of Voyageur upgrader remains uncertain

Marc Howe | December 4, 2012 | 4:04 am

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