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

Group represents the country's largest mining companies, including AngloGold Ashanti, Sibanye Gold and Impala Platinum Holdings.

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

Wildfire hitting Canada’s oil sands heart gets closer to major plants

Situation has forced some companies to abandon plans laid last…

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 18, 2016 | 3:25 am

Copper price won’t lag spiking oil for much longer

China's spending on infrastructure is being front-loaded and should translate…

Frik Els | May 17, 2016 | 2:41 pm

Canadian oil sands camps evacuated as wildfire shifts north

Forest fires in Northern Alberta have forced additional evacuations at…

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 17, 2016 | 7:55 am

Australian company plans coal mine in Poland

Australia's Prairie Mining has confirmed its intention to open a…

AFP | May 16, 2016 | 4:09 pm

$2,000 gold will soon kickstart mining shares

The lack of excitement haunting the precious metals and mining shares markets over the past year is expected to change in the next few months, says Michael Fowler, senior mining analyst with Loewen, Ondaatje, McCutcheon.

The Gold Report | August 18, 2012 | 8:16 pm

Iron ore testing $110 support as Chinese steel contracts drop to record low

Iron ore has only enjoyed three up days over the last six weeks of trading.

Frik Els | August 17, 2012 | 7:04 pm

Northern Gateway pipeline could be capped with a $13 billion refinery

Newspaper magnate David Black is proposing a $13 billion oil refinery to be built in Kitimat to process oil from the Northern Gateway pipeline before shipment.

Michael Allan McCrae | August 17, 2012 | 6:17 pm

Do hedge funds still have faith in gold?

Over the past three months, gold has been in a tight trading range between $1,540 and $1,640. However, several well-known hedge funds recently made large moves regarding the safe-haven asset.

Eric McWhinnie - Wall Street Cheat Sheet | August 15, 2012 | 11:04 pm

Has gold demand reached a Chinese summit?

That's what Cameron Alexander of GFMS set to find out.

Joshua Zapf | August 15, 2012 | 5:25 pm

Coal expansion imperils water resources in China’s northwest

A new report released by Greenpeace claims that China's insatiable demand for coal could imperil fragile water resources in the country's vast north-western hinterland.

Marc Howe | August 15, 2012 | 12:18 am

The US has now installed enough wind turbines to power all California’s homes

Total US wind power capacity now sits at 50,000 megawatts, enough to power 12 million homes annually and according to energy officials nearly 70% of all of the equipment installed at US wind farms last year came from domestic manufacturers.

Frik Els | August 15, 2012 | 12:06 am

Romney hits back at Obama over ‘war on coal’

"This is a time for truth. If you don't believe in coal, if you don't believe in energy independence for America, then say it."

Frik Els | August 14, 2012 | 11:17 pm

Nobel laureate to Africa’s new resource rich: You’ll probably end up poor

Joseph E. Stiglitz, Nobel laureate in economics and professor at Columbia University, has some sobering thoughts for Ghana, Uganda, Tanzania, and Mozambique.

Frik Els | August 14, 2012 | 10:09 pm

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