Energy Top Stories

Canada oil sands output to grow 1 million barrels daily by 2025

The 42%-growth to 3.4 million barrels per day by 2025 will come from the expansion of existing facilities rather than new projects, IHS says.

Cecilia Jamasmie | June 27, 2016 | 10:55 am

BHP hikes exploration spending to focus mostly on copper, oil

It will raise its annual exploration spending by 29%, allocating…

Cecilia Jamasmie | June 27, 2016 | 3:57 am

Is there a future for the Russian coal industry?

It is an open secret that the global electric power…

Bilan Uzhakhov - Russian Coal Group | June 24, 2016 | 4:13 pm

Copper stocks deep into red as gold miners surge

Gold's nearly $100 jump early on and copper's 4.5% meltdown…

Frik Els | June 24, 2016 | 12:54 pm

China’s nuclear war on coal

Beijing's already cut coal miners working hours by 16% and…

Frik Els | June 23, 2016 | 1:27 pm

Australia’s new tax hike angers miners and may hit projects

Australia’s mining giants are threatening both the government of Queensland and the federal authorities with dropping all of their new projects in response to the state’s surprise increase in coal mining royalties.

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 11, 2012 | 6:37 pm

Canadian Nordion loses three year dispute with Atomic Energy

Shares of nuclear medicine company Nordion dove close to 40%, down $3.93 at $6.53 in Toronto on Monday.

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 11, 2012 | 1:10 pm

Teck confesses to a century of US river pollution

Diversified mining giant Teck Resources Ltd. (TSX:TCK.A) has confessed to polluting the upper reaches of Columbia River in Washington State for nearly a century with effluent discharge from one of its BC-situated smelters.

Marc Howe | September 11, 2012 | 3:14 am

Continental Coal shares soar

Shares rose almost 20% in London on Monday over the news that the junior miner is poised to sell its South African thermal coal mining assets.

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 10, 2012 | 2:40 pm

Senior golds look to juniors for growth: David Goguen

Goguen provides his views on where senior gold producers will be hunting and which companies will meet newly stringent criteria in the gold-hungry world marketplace of today—and tomorrow.

The Gold Report | September 10, 2012 | 3:42 am

Australian coal industry to slash 900 jobs

Australia's coal miners are slashing 900 jobs against a backdrop of declining commodities prices and higher costs.

MINING.com Editor | September 10, 2012 | 3:41 am

Further signs of stimulus plans from a slowing China

China is showing further signs that stimulus spending to prop up its slowing economy could well be on the way with President Hu Jintao evincing a commitment to economic growth at the APEC summit over the weekend.

Marc Howe | September 10, 2012 | 1:20 am

Why a former metals trader is leaving China for good after 16 years

"The result is the biggest property bubble in history, which when it pops will sound like a thousand firework accidents."

Frik Els | September 8, 2012 | 11:59 pm

Xstrata scoffs at new Glencore offer as merger of equals becomes hostile takeover

The new Glencore offer is "significantly lower than would be expected in a takeover" and the intention to replace Mick Davis represented “a significant risk” says Xstrata's board.

Frik Els | September 8, 2012 | 8:19 pm

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