Energy Top Stories

South32 looking for assets despite $1.75bn loss, massive layoffs

Despite the loss and a 94% drop in earnings, analysts believe the company's modest debt of $116 million makes it well-positioned to act on opportunities.

Cecilia Jamasmie | February 25, 2016 | 5:55 am

Dutch central bank mulls moving its $7.7bn gold reserve out of Amsterdam

The bank gold and cash reserves are currently held in…

Cecilia Jamasmie | February 25, 2016 | 3:40 am

‘Several years’ of iron ore bear market behind Rio downgrade

Moody's takes Rio Tinto's credit down a notch to below…

Frik Els | February 24, 2016 | 12:01 pm

Turkey halts gold project after protests, violence increase

Over the weekend, Turkish riot police fired tear gas and…

Cecilia Jamasmie | February 24, 2016 | 9:55 am

Galway Gold mulls legal escape to Colombia’s mining ban in paramos

The junior miner said the ruling not only forces it…

MINING.COM Staff Writer | February 24, 2016 | 6:09 am

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

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

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