Energy Top Stories

Crude prices to remain depressed until 2017 even with oil sands coming to ‘standstill’ — IEA

Last year, the agency had forecast a "relatively swift" recovery. Instead, oil prices have continued to fall, hitting less than $30 a barrel, a level last seen in 2003.

Cecilia Jamasmie | February 22, 2016 | 3:13 am

Russell Fryer: Fund manager talks favorite uranium stocks & why sector is ready to move

Russell believes that while many investors are focused on uranium…

Palisade Radio | February 22, 2016 | 1:24 am

Junk status beckons for these 14 miners

Anglo American and Freeport's credit ratings were recently slashed to…

Frik Els | February 19, 2016 | 4:35 pm

New technology, automation to help miners survive commodity prices rout

When the worst collapse of commodity prices in nearly two…

Cecilia Jamasmie | February 19, 2016 | 8:45 am

Cases of malaria on the rise in Colombia’s mining regions, study shows

Cases of the mosquito-borne disease in Colombia have been skyrocketing,…

Cecilia Jamasmie | February 19, 2016 | 3:37 am

Sprout-less gold Tier 1 capital?

Institutional investors tend to prefer investments that are thought to contain the potential for growth; growth = sprouts.

Richard Mills - Ahead of the Herd | May 25, 2012 | 11:00 am

First, do good when mining for gold: Benoit La Salle

Benoit La Salle is the founder, president and CEO of SEMAFO, a mining company that rates its work in sustainability and community building as high as it does its gold production.

The Gold Report | May 24, 2012 | 8:23 pm

Rail strike threatens Canadian coal, potash

A strike by CP Rail is hampering the movement of goods across Canada including mined commodities coal and potash.

Andrew Topf | May 24, 2012 | 7:42 pm

Industry Watch: Marin Katusa calling for $2,000 gold

Al Korelin chats with Marin Katusa (from Casey Research) about the precious metals and worldwide commodity markets. Marin also discusses Copper Mountain, a copper company he co-founded that has just released very positive earnings results.

Even Keel Media | May 24, 2012 | 7:31 pm

Zuckerberg lost $1.5 billion in 24 hours, but he wasn’t the unluckiest billionaire. Batista was

The declines wiped $1,744,800,000 from Batista's personal fortune in one day, which means he fared worse than Mark Zuckerberg who suffered more than $1.5 billion in losses as a result of the post Facebook IPO fiasco.

Frik Els | May 23, 2012 | 8:57 pm

Olympic Dam Taskforce CEO to doubters: We’re planning 10,000-strong village, already building airstrip for 737s

The copper-uranium-gold-silver project has a 100 year mining life, so a glitch this year was unlikely to sway a company that thinks well ahead, the CEO of the Olympic Dam Taskforce said Tuesday.

Frik Els | May 22, 2012 | 9:03 pm

Foreign investment in the oilsands a win-win

We certainly could produce oil in Alberta without the contributions of foreign businesses. But would it be a good idea?

Sun News | May 22, 2012 | 8:15 pm

Patriot Coal is burning down

Trading in the stock was halted in a circuit breaker around lunchtime after falling 57.6% over doubts about its finances and is now worth less than tenth of what it was in July last year.

Frik Els | May 22, 2012 | 7:47 pm

Hard coal landing: Australia scraps $9 billion port expansion

The state government has scrapped plans for a $8.8 billion coal terminal expansion project at Queensland's Abbot Point, Australia citing funding issues and environmental regulations, but China's slowing economy probably had more than a little to do with it.

Frik Els | May 21, 2012 | 9:18 pm

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