Energy Top Stories

Rio cautious on outlook as earnings halve

"The global economy seems stuck in a subdued low-productivity growth pattern," says world's number two miner after reporting lowest earnings in 12 years.

Frik Els | August 3, 2016 | 9:43 am

Crowdfunding in the mining sector: will the UK be next to join this trend?

The concept has been around for some time in various…

Bianca Déprés | August 2, 2016 | 1:51 am

This is what a broad-based metals and mining rally looks like

CHART: The gold price may grab headlines, but coal's rally…

Frik Els | August 1, 2016 | 4:31 pm

Clinton talks up clean coal, says she can bring steel jobs back to PA

Fresh off a bounce in the polls, Democratic nominee Hillary…

Andrew Topf | July 31, 2016 | 2:18 pm

Anglo American declines merger offer from Vedanta

Vedanta Resources’ chairman Anil Agarwal allegedly approached Anglo in several…

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 29, 2016 | 8:35 am

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

Xstrata begins coal job cuts in Australia

Xstrata Coal (LON:XTA) began to reduce its workforce across its Australian coal operations by firing its first 40 permanent employees out of the 600 announced cuts.

Cecilia Jamasmie | October 10, 2012 | 10:12 am

Stronger yuan will cheapen commodities for China: Leeb

Renowned investment guru Stephen Leeb says China is pushing for a stronger yuan in order to cut the cost of its commodities purchases.

Marc Howe | October 10, 2012 | 2:22 am

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