Energy Top Stories

Indian coal push hurting Indonesian exports

India's status as a major coal importer is starting to wane, and that is having a negative effect on a major supplier: Indonesia.

Andrew Topf | July 14, 2016 | 9:17 pm

Queensland mining industry backs action to fix coal worker health screening

Queensland has released a final report into the re-emergence of…

Queensland Resources Council | July 13, 2016 | 11:43 am

INFOGRAPHIC: The volatile history of crude oil markets

The infographic serves as the perfect primer for all the…

Visual Capitalist | July 13, 2016 | 11:40 am

The making of an Athabasca rockstar

James Sykes disregarded management directive and kept the drill going.…

Palisade Global Investments Ltd. | July 13, 2016 | 9:54 am

Coal India, Gov’t unfairly snapped up lands for mine expansions — Amnesty

Coal India, which produces more than 80% of the country’s…

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 13, 2016 | 2:55 am

Areva mothballs Namibia uranium mine

The price of the nuclear fuel is down 10% in just the last three months.

Frik Els | October 12, 2012 | 7:58 pm

Canada PM casts doubt on Nexen takeover by China

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper gave investors more reasons to speculate about the final outcome of the deal, as he said that China's “very different" political and economic systems are a concern for his government.

Cecilia Jamasmie | October 12, 2012 | 6:28 pm

Victoria doubts Enbridge takes B.C. concerns “seriously”

Enbridge and Northern Gateway representatives are not taking B.C. concerns seriously, B.C. Environment Minister Terry Lake said Wednesday.

Glen Korstrom, Business in Vancouver | October 12, 2012 | 2:52 pm

Australian miners fire locals and import foreigners

While big miners such as BHP (NYSE:BHP), Xstrata (LON:XTA) and Vale (NYSE:VALE) continue to slash jobs across its operations in Australia, some companies are hiring more foreign workers to carry out their resources projects.

Cecilia Jamasmie | October 12, 2012 | 2:10 pm

15% of Queensland’s mining jobs to disappear in two years

Analysts say more coal jobs will be axed in the Australian tropical state of Queensland as the beleaguered resources sector continues to weather a barrage of adverse factors.

Marc Howe | October 12, 2012 | 5:53 am

South African gold miners reject wage offer

Striking gold miners have rejected the industry's latest wage offer, the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) said on Thursday, confirming mining companies’ fears of labour unrest lasting longer than expected.

Cecilia Jamasmie | October 11, 2012 | 2:04 pm

Western Australia a step closer to green-lighting uranium mine

The Western Australian government has issued a key approval for Toro Energy's Wiluna uranium project, bringing the proposed mine a large margin nearer to completion.

Marc Howe | October 10, 2012 | 11:32 pm

Up to 2,000 Chinese miners on their way to British Columbia to fill jobs Canadians can’t do safely

The full time workers follow $1.4 billion in Chinese funding for two coal projects in the northeast of the province because Canadians "just don't have the experience" to operate underground equipment safely.

Frik Els | October 10, 2012 | 7:13 pm

Study finds little environmental impact from oil sands

In 2010, a single oil-sands operation run by Suncor Energy released into the atmosphere 28,940 tonnes of volatile organic compounds, 22,210 tonnes of sulphur dioxide and 14,011 tonnes of particulate matter.

Globe and Mail | October 10, 2012 | 3:24 pm

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