Energy Top Stories

Coking coal prices are on fire — up more than 80% in six months

This kind of coal, used in steel-making, jumped 41% in August alone to nearly $140 a tonne.

Cecilia Jamasmie | August 31, 2016 | 4:05 am

Canada’s mining industry faces workers shortage of up to 127,000 — report

Experts warn Canada's mining industry faces a looming risk it's…

Cecilia Jamasmie | August 30, 2016 | 3:35 am

World’s largest gold mine could come under threat

Brutal regime earns $3.5bn/year from Muruntau and septuagenarian Uzbek dictator's…

Frik Els | August 29, 2016 | 1:46 pm

Fundamentals for uranium look great; is the uranium market ready to soar?

By any estimate, the uranium market is trading in the…

Tactical Investor | August 29, 2016 | 11:40 am

Australian fund takes over Anglo American’s Foxleigh coal mine

The sale is part of Anglo’s plan to exit coal…

Cecilia Jamasmie | August 29, 2016 | 3:47 am

Anti oil sands protest blocks Canada-EU Energy Summit in London

A group of activists performing what they called an “oil orgy” protest interrupted the Canada Europe Energy Summit, at Canada House, in London Tuesday morning.

Cecilia Jamasmie | November 20, 2012 | 4:05 pm

BHP Billiton looks for new CEO outside mining

BHP Billiton's (NYSE:BHP), the world's largest mining company, has not been successful in its quest to find a suitable successor to Marius Kloppers, as the South African approaches his sixth year as chief.

Cecilia Jamasmie | November 20, 2012 | 3:42 pm

Radioactive fish found in Fukushima’s waters

Nuclear meltdown afflicts aquatic fauna

Marc Howe | November 20, 2012 | 3:03 am

Mulsanne Resources liquidated as Tinkler’s business empire buckles under debt

Novocastrian mining tycoon could face insolvent trading charges or personal bankruptcy proceedings over failure to make payment to Blackwood

Marc Howe | November 20, 2012 | 2:44 am

India to auction 54 coal mines

Only three days after India’s auction for the 2G telecom spectrum ended in a fiasco with no bids, the South East Asian country is now talking about selling 54 coal mines.

Cecilia Jamasmie | November 19, 2012 | 5:27 pm

Keystone XL opponents demand Obama reject pipeline

Less than two weeks after U.S. President Barack Obama was re-elected for a second term, thousands of protesters rallied in Washington Sunday asking him to reject the proposed Keystone XL oil sands pipeline, which would transport crude oil from Canada to the U.S.

Cecilia Jamasmie | November 19, 2012 | 2:38 pm