Energy Top Stories

US uranium production hits lowest in 10 years

Depressed prices are to blame, says the Energy Information Administration (EIA).

Cecilia Jamasmie | February 23, 2016 | 10:20 am

Canada’s Ontario the slowest to issue exploration permits — report

Growing wait times for permits may hinder Canada's ability to…

Cecilia Jamasmie | February 23, 2016 | 8:20 am

Noble Group to post loss on coal price collapse

Asia's biggest commodities trader by volume is on track to…

Cecilia Jamasmie | February 23, 2016 | 5:23 am

BHP cuts divvy first time in 27 years, shakes up executive

Iron ore and petroleum division heads to leave world number…

Frik Els | February 22, 2016 | 3:15 pm

America’s top coal producers of 2015

These mines accounted for more than one quarter of U.S.…

Frik Els | February 22, 2016 | 9:49 am

Big miners playing game of chicken as marginal producers sink below break-even

Smaller miners are waiting for production cutbacks by the market leaders to prop up prices the way Saudi-Arabia comes to the rescue of oil producing nations whenever the crude price begins to flag.

Frik Els | May 27, 2012 | 10:53 pm

Glenstrata takes shape this week

The prospectus giving details of the creation of a $90 billion mining and commodities trading behemoth will find its way to the inboxes of shareholders this week.

Frik Els | May 27, 2012 | 10:04 pm

Granted first ever right to hire foreign workers Friday. Saturday shuns 14,000 locals queuing at jobs expo

Gina Rinehart's Hancock Prospecting which is hiring 1,700 foreign workers for the Roy Hill iron mine were absent from the Australian mining association job fair in Perth and so were the $9.8 billion project's main contractors.

Frik Els | May 27, 2012 | 6:22 pm

UK greens warn of a return to era of ‘dirty coal’

Coal-fired power stations trialling 'carbon capture' technology could be exempt from regulations.

The Independent | May 26, 2012 | 11:36 pm

Harper is right: Foreign radicals are after the oil sands

“There is political manipulation. There is influence peddling. There are millions of dollars crossing borders masquerading as charitable donations.”

Globe and Mail | May 26, 2012 | 8:25 pm

Judge lifts restraining order to allow mining to resume at W.Va. surface mine

A federal judge has lifted a temporary restraining order to allow continued mining operations at the Nellis surface mine in Boone County, W.Va., which is owned by Penn Virginia Resource Partners LP's Loadout LLC unit.

SNL Financial | May 26, 2012 | 8:16 pm

Dip buyers send gold higher

Gold traders did some value hunting ahead of the long weekend, sending the yellow metal to a two-day winning streak ahead of the Memorial Day weekend.

Traders Huddle | May 25, 2012 | 11:07 pm

EU sideswipes oilsands with new fuel directive

A new fuel-quality directive, passed yesterday by the European Union, will create a separate label for Canadian oil produced from oilsands.

Andrew Topf | May 25, 2012 | 9:49 pm

Foreign workers to relieve labour shortage in Australia’s mining industry

Australia’s government announced Friday it will allow a new mine to hire about 1,700 foreign workers to alleviate a labour shortage threatening the resources boom.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 25, 2012 | 4:13 pm

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