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How Saskatchewan remade uranium mining

Recent string of high-grade high-tonnage discoveries reestablishes Saskatchewan as the world’s richest and biggest uranium jurisdiction

Vladimir Basov | March 31, 2016 | 10:00 am

Vale says write down of Mozambique coal venture won’t affect project

Company denied reports claiming that partner Mitsui was revising the…

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 31, 2016 | 8:00 am

Australia to feed Ukraine nuclear power plants

The deal will see Canberra supplying the necessary uranium to…

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 30, 2016 | 6:15 am

Breakthrough aircraft to transform remote mining

Lockheed lands $480m customer for aircraft combining power of helicopter,…

Frik Els | March 30, 2016 | 1:01 am

US lifted the crude oil export ban, and exports went…down

Just over three months after the authorities lifted the four-decade…

Oilprice.com | March 29, 2016 | 11:12 am

Why stocks outperformed all other gold investments

Companies with gold in the ground now will be the ones to prosper. In this exclusive Gold Report interview, Ian Gordon discusses where he thinks the Dow will bottom and what companies will come out on top.

The Gold Report | June 22, 2012 | 9:34 pm

Six percent can draw gold from the moon

Following many years of net annual sales in the 400 to 500 tonne range, central banks, underweighted in gold and overweight in dollars and euro’s, became net buyers of gold.

Richard Mills - Ahead of the Herd | June 22, 2012 | 6:03 pm

Fortescue takes the Federal Government to court

Fortescue Metals has lodged a challenge in the High Court of Australia against the Federal Government's Minerals Resource Rent Tax on constitutional grounds.

Joshua Zapf | June 22, 2012 | 5:29 pm

Colombia goes ‘all in’ setting aside 17.6 million hectares for mining

The lands will be open for mining licenses, but a majority of them are in protected zones, so officials would have to carefully pick specific regions to auction.

Cecilia Jamasmie | June 22, 2012 | 11:49 am

Drug tests coming to the oil sands this fall

Despite misgivings by unions, random drug and alcohol testing for oil sands workers will get underway later this year. The Drug and Alcohol […]

Michael Allan McCrae | June 22, 2012 | 5:10 am

Arch Coal lays off 750 workers due to ‘unprecedented downturn’

Arch Coal (NYSE:ACI), the second largest supplier of coal in the USA, is laying off 750 full-time workers at its Appalachia mining operations after owners said that demand had reached a 20-year low.

Michael Allan McCrae | June 22, 2012 | 4:45 am

Iron ore hits 5-week high as China continues to forge steel near record pace

The performance of iron ore is in stark contrast to other commodities including copper which has shed 4% over the last two days and crude oil which touched a 52-week low of under $78 a barrel today.

Frik Els | June 21, 2012 | 7:05 pm

Adani refutes foreign workers accusations

Indian coal mining giant Adani denied claims it's cheating the Australian migration system by sneaking in foreign workers.

Cecilia Jamasmie | June 21, 2012 | 2:57 pm

PHOTOS: Rioting Spanish coal miners fire homemade rockets

With subsidies to Spain's coal industry about to be yanked, striking workers are ratcheting up the pressure on the government and clashing violently with police.

Michael Allan McCrae | June 21, 2012 | 5:12 am

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