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Aussie mines too costly to shut

Mine sales stumble on looming clean-ups

Reuters | May 20, 2016 | 12:27 am

Caterpillar retail sales drop 12% in first three months of the year

Results mark the 41 straight month of retail sales declines.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 19, 2016 | 6:31 am

South African miners to pay 67% of acid drainage clean-up costs

The government will pay for two-thirds of the cost by…

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 19, 2016 | 4:09 am

Australia’s miners ‘missing in action’ in Colombia

Australia’s resource houses are “missing in action” in Latin America’s…

Field Public Relations | May 18, 2016 | 10:14 am

South Africa chamber of mines says half of members in the red

Group represents the country's largest mining companies, including AngloGold Ashanti,…

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 18, 2016 | 8:45 am

The oil sands first champion

The Globe and Mail profiles Ned Gilbert, once a low-ranking employee in the early '50s in a remote field office in Alberta who saw great potential in the oil sands.

Michael Allan McCrae | August 26, 2012 | 4:09 pm

Rinehart’s $6.4 billion coal mine project gets the green light

Environmentalists such as Greenpeace have condemned the mine's approval as claiming, it will mean an unacceptable rise in vessels passing the Great Barrier Reef, impacting air quality and native flora and fauna.

Cecilia Jamasmie | August 24, 2012 | 4:37 pm

TransCanada’s Keystone XL a step closer after Texas ruling

TransCanada's Keystone XL oil pipeline won a small battle Wednesday night as a Texas judge ruled in favour of the firm passing through a farm, after the owner took the Canadian company to court.

Cecilia Jamasmie | August 23, 2012 | 2:22 pm

Dix wants to take BC back to a two-track regulatory process

BC Opposition Leader Adrian Dix vows to leave the joint regulatory framework set up by the BC Liberals that is reviewing the Northern Gateway pipeline and set up his own review.

Michael Allan McCrae | August 22, 2012 | 6:34 pm

China’s oil giant cuts dividends to afford Nexen

Even Chinese oil giants have to pinch pennies when making a $15 billion bid

Cecilia Jamasmie | August 22, 2012 | 3:42 pm

BHP ditches Olympic Dam as profit tumbles

The world's number one miner, BHP Billiton, has delayed its $30 billion Olympic Dam copper-uranium expansion and said no major projects would be approved until June 2013 as it tries cutting costs.

Cecilia Jamasmie | August 22, 2012 | 12:59 pm

Mistrust fuels continued gold demand

At a time when complex financial instruments allow for the seemingly effective hedging of all manner of risks, why should precious metals, which involve considerable downside risk, continue to be attractive?

John Browne - Euro Pacific Capital | August 22, 2012 | 4:44 am

BHP boss bucks bonus

Marius Kloppers, CEO of mining giant BHP Billiton, has decided to waive his annual bonus in light of a recent forecast in which BHP's revenues are projected to drop 38%

Joshua Zapf | August 21, 2012 | 10:46 pm

Good to go-ld: Guyana proving its worth for explorers of all sizes

Though it has long been a source of wealth for the country, gold exploration in Guyana has been on a tear over the last four years.

G. Joel Chury | August 21, 2012 | 4:59 am

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