Energy Top Stories

BHP resumes expansion plans, says not waiting for prices to recover

Strategic shift comes as the world's biggest miner tries to regain investors' confidence.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 10, 2016 | 5:00 am

Heart of Canada’s oil sands industry saved from fire’s worst

Companies and authorities now discussing plans to resume production.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 10, 2016 | 3:32 am

Major correction underway for mining stocks

Monday mayhem as metals rally evaporates and mining's top names…

Frik Els | May 9, 2016 | 11:52 am

Making mining cleaner and safer with battery driven equipment

Atlas Copco launches its first battery driven product within the…

Atlas Copco | May 9, 2016 | 9:19 am

Could China and India save the beleaguered coal markets?

Tectonic shifts in the global coal market are underway, posing…

Oilprice.com | May 8, 2016 | 5:35 pm

Five times more greenhouse gases from oil sands in situ production by 2020

While the Canadian economy overall is producing less greenhouse gases, oil sands will be increasing emissions substantially.

Michael Allan McCrae | August 10, 2012 | 5:36 am

Obama airs ad attacking Romney for saying coal kills

The ad start by touting Obama support for the clean coal industry specifically in Ohio where coal production has increased 7% since Obama took office and then quotes from a 2003 speech Mitt Romney made at the Salem Massachusetts coal plant.

Frik Els | August 9, 2012 | 10:05 pm

Xstrata to lavish $260,000 on every resident of tiny Australian town

Wandoan, with a population of less than 380 people, could get about $106 million from mining giant Xstrata if the Swiss company decides to go ahead with its $6 billion coal project bordering the local community.

Cecilia Jamasmie | August 9, 2012 | 1:28 pm

Tides Canada accused of ‘blatantly violating Canadian charities law’; complaint filed with Canada Revenue Agency

Canadian oil industry support group, EthicalOil.org, filed a 143-page complaint with the Canada Revenue Agency accusing Tides Canada of funnelling charitable donations to highly political, and non-charitable, groups like PETA and ForestEthics.

Michael Allan McCrae | August 9, 2012 | 5:32 am

Foreign investors are pulling money out of India’s state-controlled metals and mining firms

India's economy is growing at its slowest pace in nine years and investor confidence has also been eroded by the current government's frequent policy u-turns, corruption scandals and power blackouts.

Frik Els | August 8, 2012 | 11:02 pm

Rio Tinto’s Blair Athol Mine to finish production

Rio Tinto Coal Australia's Blair Athol Mine, near Clermont in Central Queensland, will finish mining operations this year after almost 30 years of production.

Rio Tinto | August 8, 2012 | 4:47 pm

There is more to gold than mere capital appreciation

With more investors realizing that safety of capital is the real reason to own gold, safe storage is more important than ever. Read more in this exclusive Gold Report interview.

The Gold Report | August 8, 2012 | 2:43 pm

What happens to the gold world when Greece exits the eurozone

It’s becoming clearer and clearer that there is a large blind spot in the minds of financial people regarding this probability. Only financial those who have been in the markets for 40+ years understand what can happen.

Julian D.W. Phillips - Gold Forecaster | August 8, 2012 | 2:30 pm

Could gold be tripped up by a coming deflation?

In this interview the CEO of Financial Sense News Hour, Jim Puplava, discusses whether we are moving into a phase of deflation or inflation and gives his views on what exactly that will mean to gold investors.

Casey Research | August 8, 2012 | 10:42 am

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